On Wednesday 20 August 2003 16:56, you wrote: > > > Hallo, > > > i'm newbie and maybe making something wrong. > > > > > > Small example for go32v2: > > > > > > var q1,q2:qword; > > > begin > > > q1:=10; > > > q2:=20; > > > writeln(Abs(q1-q2)); > > > end. > > > >I get runtime 215 with FPC 1.0.6 ... > > > >This probably means that FPC cannot support qwords in the abs function > >even though the documentation says "Any numerical type". > > The problem is that there is a abs(int64) and abs(cardinal) and it can't > decide which to take. An abs(qword) needs to be added
IMHO, abs(cardinal) doesn't make any sense .. calling it could even be considered a design or coding error, couldn't it? Anton. ---------- "Adas Methode war, wie sich zeigen wird, Tagträume in offenbar korrekte Berechnungen einzuweben." Doris Langley Moore: Ada, Countess of Lovelace (London 1977). ---------- Ing. Anton Tichawa Volkertstrasse 19 / 20 A-1020 Wien phone: +43 1 218 97 59 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
