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Hi Luis -

On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:50:11 -0430, Luis Rodriguez
<luisro58@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I love /FREE, but there are some things that, IMHO, could have been made
more compatible with the "original" RPG. For example, using an additional
extender code (e.g. EVAL(T) ) that replicated the non-FREE behaviour of
Z-ADD would have avoided searching for a somewhat "kludgy" workaround.

There aren't many situations where it is desired to truncate the high
order digits.

For overflow situations where the exact value is not required,
generally the desired behavior is to set the value to the highest
value that the field will hold, as various people recommended.

Though I think that no one who suggested setting the highest value
also suggested setting the lowest value (most negative value) for a
field overflow of a negative number. While a negative number overflow
is generally less common than a positive overflow, it shouldn't be
overlooked.

Ken
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