HL>On Friday, 22 November 1996 09:24:10, you wrote to All:
TH>In a function I am passing a QUAD data type to a DWORD.
TH>The least six bits are *always* clear!
TH>I tried CVWD, but that didn't work. x??? = y@@ works fine, but
TH>setting the function variable does not.
HL>It isn't exactly clear to me in what circumstances it doesn't work.
HL>I tried some things, but everything went well. Can you give an
HL>example?
I have a small program that demonstrates this, but I don't know which
TESTnnn it is. Maybe I will rewrite it. I'm so busy right now. But,
when this bugger rears it's head again, I will post my findings.
HL>Note that "@@" doesn't indicate a quad variable, but a BCD floating
HL>point. And I think you mean CDWD in stead of CVWD?
Yea, the ol' finders tripping over the keyboard again... [grin]
TH>I expect a *free* upgrage for putting up with this... [grin]
HL>;)
Yea, but it *is* Christmass. [grin]
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HL>Hello Tim
TH>I have a simple numerical data type in a SUB. I set it to,
TH>say, '5' and simply attempt to PRINT it. I get a run-time overflow
TH>at the print command!
TH>Of course it doesn't do this consistently. just *below* the
TH>PRINT command I have a FOR/NEXT with STEP -1. If I change the STEP
TH>to '1' I get no error. I tried a DO/LOOP increment, no error;
TH>decrement, error.
HL>This sounds rather consistent to me. But... could you be more
HL>specific? I couldn't produce the error. What numeric data type did
HL>you use? What is the data type of the for loop counter? Maybe you
HL>could give a clear example in which you get the run-time overflow.
Next time it happens I'll do a better job at documenting it. I had a
short test program, but I don't know what I did with it. [sigh]
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