[Free42] DSE bug

[Thomas Okken]

(08-09-2017 08:50 PM)Werner Wrote:  Hello Thomas,

1e19
DSE ST X

skips and adds 8 instead of subtracting 1 (and not skipping).
I use that all the time as a shortcut for 1 -. Old habits die hard.
Up till 1e18 it's ok, 1e19 and up is wrong.

Cheers, Werner
(latest version 2.0.5. Of course)

The DSE and ISG code uses a 64-bit integer while breaking up the control variable into its components. That works fine in Free42 Binary, but can fail in Decimal, since the Decimal versions (both BCD20- and Intel-based) can represent integers that don't fit in 64 bits.

I'll fix this in 2.0.6.

I guess I should also take a look at the other functions that break up numbers in this manner, like HMS+. Seems unlikely to cause problems in practice, but a bug is a bug is a bug!