coltoff (10/20/82)
Here is one that is driving us crazy tracking down the problem. Can someone help us out. The following PASCAL program program bug (input,output); const x1 = 200; x2 = 200.0; var x: real; begin x := x1; write(x:6:3); x := x2; write(x:6:3); end. produces this output -56.000 200.000 This is clearly not what I would expect and while it isn't difficult to work around in the programs I deal with it is still a pain in the gazabahs. As they say, `Thanks in advance' Joel Coltoff lime!burdvax!coltoff
thomas (10/22/82)
Now, I can't say for sure, but it looks as if somebody is storing that integer constant (200) in a byte (it fits, after all, 200 < 256), but then treating said byte as a signed quantity (i.e., -56). =Spencer