RE: Target for numeric operation too small...hello, Toronto?

[Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>I frankly would have liked to have seen
>>a different option on the error
>>message; "allow truncation."
>
>How about: EVAL(T)

Hi Mark!
I liken numeric truncation to an invalid array index.  Rather than add an
operand extender to allow the invalid index (or set it to 1) I would prefer
to have a hard halt so that the operator is aware that we're about to lose
some precision.

After consulting with the programmer (me), it would be nice if the operator
could take a "T" option, allow truncation and continue.  If it's a first
test, I might like to see the full scale results because the truncation may
be only one of several issues I need to address.

But I _prefer_ the hard error.
  --buck