Re: MCH1210 Error (digression) -- MIDRANGE-L

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Bob,

>> Run-time detection of numeric overflow is a policy of a programming
>> language.  For example, the C sample code shown above will not abend
>> with MCH1210 because the C language doesn't allow it.  RPG ignores
>> numeric overflow, too, but the compiler provides an option to detect it.
>> COBOL ignores overflow unless ON SIZE is specified. ...


Thanks for setting me straight. I made the mistake of foolishing generalizing
from
my experience with one programming language (PL/MI) to C. I should have
tried it before I said it.

My apologies to everyone on the list for my mistake. I'll try to be more careful
in the future.

-john martz
jmartz@us.ibm.com
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