Attempted to pass an invalid type of variable into a variadic function. Erroneous code example: ```compile_fail,E0617 # use std::os::raw::{c_char, c_int}; extern "C" { fn printf(format: *const c_char, ...) -> c_int; } unsafe { printf("%f\n\0".as_ptr() as _, 0f32); // error: cannot pass an `f32` to variadic function, cast to `c_double` } ``` Certain Rust types must be cast before passing them to a variadic function, because of arcane ABI rules dictated by the C standard. To fix the error, cast the value to the type specified by the error message (which you may need to import from `std::os::raw`). In this case, `c_double` has the same size as `f64` so we can use it directly: ```no_run # use std::os::raw::{c_char, c_int}; # extern "C" { # fn printf(format: *const c_char, ...) -> c_int; # } unsafe { printf("%f\n\0".as_ptr() as _, 0f64); // ok! } ```