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The following compiles and gives the value 0.
MODULE PrivInf;
IMPORT StdLog;
VAR r: REAL;
PROCEDURE Do*;
BEGIN
r := MAX(REAL) ;
r := r / INF;
StdLog.Real(r)
END Do;
END PrivInf.
-Doug
Gérard Meunier wrote:
>>MODULE PrivInf;
>>VAR r: REAL;
>>BEGIN
>>r := MAX(REAL) / INF
>>END PrivInf.
>>
>>should - and before the last OMS update to BlackBox did - assign the value
>>0 to variable r.
>>Today I recognized that trying to compile this module results in a
>>compiler error: "number to large".
>>So, did anything go wrong somewhere, or am I wrong?
>
>
> Even more strange:
>
> MODULE PrivInf;
>
> VAR
>
> q, r: REAL;
>
> BEGIN (*PrivInf*)
> q := 3.402823466385288E38 / INF;
> r := 3.402823466385289E38 / INF;
> END PrivInf.
>
> q compiles but not r. Why?
>
> Regards.
>
> Gérard
>
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