[BLACKBOX] Negation

From: Douglas G. Danforth <"Douglas>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:45:14 -0700

----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1829649326_-_- Content-type: text/plain Foks, I just learned that in CP one can not negate an integer type (BYTE, SHORTINT, INTEGER, LONGINT) because the ABS(MIN(type)) # MAX(type), i.e. the range is not symmetric about zero. That caught me off guard. -Doug Danforth ---- To unsubscribe, send a message with body "SIGNOFF BLACKBOX" to LISTSERV{([at]})nowhere.xy ----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1829649326_-_- Content-type: application/rtf Content-transfer-encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rtf-body.rtf" e1xydGYxXGFuc2lcYW5zaWNwZzEyNTJcZnJvbWh0bWwxIFxkZWZmMHtcZm9udHRibA0Ke1xmMFxm c3dpc3MgQXJpYWw7fQ0Ke1xmMVxmbW9kZXJuIENvdXJpZXIgTmV3O30NCntcZjJcZm5pbFxmY2hh cnNldDIgU3ltYm9sO30NCntcZjNcZm1vZGVyblxmY2hhcnNldDAgQ291cmllciBOZXc7fX0NCntc Y29sb3J0YmxccmVkMFxncmVlbjBcYmx1ZTA7XHJlZDBcZ3JlZW4wXGJsdWUyNTU7fQ0KXHVjMVxw YXJkXHBsYWluXGRlZnRhYjM2MCBcZjBcZnMyNCANCntcKlxodG1sdGFnMjQzIDwhRE9DVFlQRSBI VE1MIFBVQkxJQyAiLS8vVzNDLy9EVEQgSFRNTCA0LjAxIFRyYW5zaXRpb25hbC8vRU4iPn0NCntc KlxodG1sdGFnMyBccGFyIH0NCntcKlxodG1sdGFnMTkgPGh0bWw+fQ0Ke1wqXGh0bWx0YWcyIFxw YXIgfQ0Ke1wqXGh0bWx0YWcyNDIgICB9DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzM0IDxoZWFkPn0NCntcKlxodG1s dGFnMSBccGFyIH0NCntcKlxodG1sdGFnMSBccGFyIH0NCntcKlxodG1sdGFnMjQxICAgICB9DQp7 XCpcaHRtbHRhZzEgXHBhciB9DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzI0MSAgIH0NCntcKlxodG1sdGFnNDEgPC9o ZWFkPn0NCntcKlxodG1sdGFnMiBccGFyIH0NCntcKlxodG1sdGFnMjQyICAgfQ0Ke1wqXGh0bWx0 YWc1MCA8Ym9keSB0ZXh0PSIjMDAwMDAwIiBiZ2NvbG9yPSIjZmZmZmZmIj59XGh0bWxydGYgXHZp ZXdraW5kNQ0Ke1wqXGJhY2tncm91bmQge1xzaHB7XCpcc2hwaW5zdHtcc3B7XHNuIGZpbGxDb2xv cn17XHN2IDE2Nzc3MjE1fX17XHNwe1xzbiBmRmlsbGVkfXtcc3YgMX19fX19XGh0bWxydGYwIA0K e1wqXGh0bWx0YWcwIFxwYXIgfQ0Ke1wqXGh0bWx0YWcyNDAgICAgIH17XCpcaHRtbHRhZzY0fVxo dG1scnRmIHtcaHRtbHJ0ZjAgRm9rcywNCntcKlxodG1sdGFnMTE2IDxicj59XGh0bWxydGYgXGxp bmUNClxodG1scnRmMCANCntcKlxodG1sdGFnNCBccGFyIH0NCntcKlxodG1sdGFnODQgICAgIH0N CntcKlxodG1sdGFnMTE2IDxicj59XGh0bWxydGYgXGxpbmUNClxodG1scnRmMCANCntcKlxodG1s dGFnNCBccGFyIH0NCntcKlxodG1sdGFnODQgICAgIH1JIGp1c3QgbGVhcm5lZCB0aGF0IGluIENQ IG9uZSBjYW4gbm90IG5lZ2F0ZSBhbiBpbnRlZ2VyIHR5cGUgKEJZVEUsDQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzQg XHBhciB9XGh0bWxydGYgIFxodG1scnRmMCANCntcKlxodG1sdGFnODQgICAgIH1TSE9SVElOVCwg SU5URUdFUiwgTE9OR0lOVCkgDQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzExNiA8YnI+fVxodG1scnRmIFxsaW5lDQpc aHRtbHJ0ZjAgDQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzQgXHBhciB9DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzg0ICAgICB9YmVjYXVz ZSB0aGUgQUJTKE1JTih0eXBlKSkgIyBNQVgodHlwZSksIGkuZS4gdGhlIHJhbmdlIGlzIG5vdA0K e1wqXGh0bWx0YWc0IFxwYXIgfVxodG1scnRmICBcaHRtbHJ0ZjAgDQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzg0ICAg ICB9c3ltbWV0cmljIGFib3V0IHplcm8uDQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzExNiA8YnI+fVxodG1scnRmIFxs aW5lDQpcaHRtbHJ0ZjAgDQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzQgXHBhciB9DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzg0ICAgICB9 DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzExNiA8YnI+fVxodG1scnRmIFxsaW5lDQpcaHRtbHJ0ZjAgDQp7XCpcaHRt bHRhZzQgXHBhciB9DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzg0ICAgICB9VGhhdCBjYXVnaHQgbWUgb2ZmIGd1YXJk Lg0Ke1wqXGh0bWx0YWcxMTYgPGJyPn1caHRtbHJ0ZiBcbGluZQ0KXGh0bWxydGYwIA0Ke1wqXGh0 bWx0YWc0IFxwYXIgfQ0Ke1wqXGh0bWx0YWc4NCAgICAgfQ0Ke1wqXGh0bWx0YWcxMTYgPGJyPn1c aHRtbHJ0ZiBcbGluZQ0KXGh0bWxydGYwIA0Ke1wqXGh0bWx0YWc0IFxwYXIgfQ0Ke1wqXGh0bWx0 YWc4NCAgICAgfS1Eb3VnIERhbmZvcnRoDQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzExNiA8YnI+fVxodG1scnRmIFxs aW5lDQpcaHRtbHJ0ZjAgDQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzQgXHBhciB9DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzg0ICAgICB9 DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzExNiA8YnI+fVxodG1scnRmIFxsaW5lDQpcaHRtbHJ0ZjAgDQp7XCpcaHRt bHRhZzQgXHBhciB9DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzg0ICAgfXtcKlxodG1sdGFnNzJ9XGh0bWxydGZccGFy fVxodG1scnRmMA0KDQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzU4IDwvYm9keT59DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzIgXHBhciB9 DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzI3IDwvaHRtbD59DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzMgXHBhciB9DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRh ZzY0IDxwPn1caHRtbHJ0ZiBccGFyDQpcaHRtbHJ0ZjAgXGh0bWxydGYge1xodG1scnRmMCANCntc KlxodG1sdGFnNCBccGFyIH0tLS0tDQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzQgXHBhciB9XGh0bWxydGYgIFxodG1s cnRmMCBUbyB1bnN1YnNjcmliZSwgc2VuZCBhIG1lc3NhZ2Ugd2l0aCBib2R5ICJTSUdOT0ZGIEJM QUNLQk9YIiB0byBMSVNUU0VSVkBMSVNUUy5PQkVST04uQ0gNCntcKlxodG1sdGFnNCBccGFyIH1c aHRtbHJ0ZiAgXGh0bWxydGYwIFxodG1scnRmXHBhcn1caHRtbHJ0ZjANCn0= ----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1829649326_-_--- Received on Thu Jul 14 2011 - 23:45:14 UTC