[Gambas-user] Possible error when doing math on bytes

[Jussi Lahtinen]

It is a feature, but it is also documented.
Bytes can have values only between 0 - 255.


Jussi



On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 12:30 AM Brian G <brian at westwoodsvcs.com> wrote:

> When I do math on bytes I get an overflow now when  the value of the byte
> goes negative
> example:
>  dim a as byte = 0
>  dim b as byte = 24
>  dim result as byte = a - b
>
> This causes an overflow error, where in the past it was just a negative
> number.
> Is this a bug or a new undocumented feature?
>
>
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>  each mistake teaches us something"  .. Morihei Ueshiba
> Brian G
>
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