1. Bug report!
- Posted by Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen <nieuwen at XS4ALL.NL>
Feb 17, 1998
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Last edited Feb 18, 1998
Bug report!
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When checking a type, where the only argument is declared as integer, a type
check error occurs when I try to pass a sequence.
Example:
type pos_int (integer x)
return x >= 0
end type
? pos_int (34.3)
? pos_int (4)
? pos_int ("Ralf")
When I check a type, I do NOT want an error to occur, rather it should
return false.
My program never claims that the argument was correct, it wanted to found
out, and handle, which is impossible since it will stop my program.
A solution would be:
type pos_int (object x)
if integer(x) then
return x >= 0
else
return 0
end if
end type
It will work, but why do we have the choice to declare the type of argument
of our own custom types, when any BUILT-IN illegal type will result in an
ex.err dump, and any non-BUILT-IN illegal type will result false as it
should.
Robert, please change this...
Ralf
