info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (02/09/85)
From: Jerry Bakin <Bakin@HI-MULTICS.ARPA>
I don't understand why I received a warning message for the following,
would someone explain the VAX/VMS PL/I compiler's behavior?
Thanks,
Jerry Bakin <Bakin@HI-Multics>
FIX 8-FEB-1985 17:57:48 VAX-11 PL/I V2.1-285 Page 1
V2.1 8-FEB-1985 17:57:34 UNB:[PLISUBRS.UNIQUE]FIX.PLI;2 (1)
1 fix: proc;
2 1
3 1 dcl bit32 bit(32);
4 1 dcl lword fixed bin (31);
5 1 dcl fixed builtin;
6 1
7 1 lword = fixed(bit32,31);
%W, Implicit conversion. A bit string,
BIT32, has been used as the first
operand of a FIXED, FLOAT, or DECIMAL built-in function.
8 1
9 1 end;