Failed to initialize a local double (MSP430)

I've got a MSP430F149 project that requires I use double-precision math (calculating an Excel-compatible date/time). The only problem, I can't get the math to work with doubles. My project disables "treat doubles as floats".

After lots of time and frustration, I discovered the issues seems to be related to initializing local double variables with floating-point values. I found a work-around to keep my project going (use globals), but that seems a little lame. Am I doing something wrong or is CW 2.0.8 (Mac) broken? Here's some sample code that illustrates:

#include <__cross_studio_io.h>

float g2BitsF = 0.25;

double g2BitsD = 0.25;

float g6BitsF = 0.75;

double g6BitsD = 0.75;

void main(void)

{

float l2BitsF = 0.25;

double l2BitsD = 0.25;

float l6BitsF = 0.75;

double l6BitsD = 0.75;

float sumF;

double sumD;

sumF = g2BitsF + g6BitsF;

debug_printf("Global Floats: %.1f\n", sumF);

sumF = l2BitsF + l6BitsF;

debug_printf("Local Floats: %.1f\n", sumF);

sumD = g2BitsD + g6BitsD;

debug_printf("Global Doubles: %.1f\n", sumD);

sumD = l2BitsD + l6BitsD;

debug_printf("Local Doubles: %.1f\n", sumD);

debug_exit(0);

}

The results shown in the debug terminal is:

Global Floats: 1.0

Local Floats: 1.0

Global Doubles: 1.0

Local Doubles: -2.0