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

[Jussi Lahtinen]

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Jussi

On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 12:34 AM Jussi Lahtinen <jussi.lahtinen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It is a feature, but it is also documented.
> Bytes can have values only between 0 - 255.
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> Jussi
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> On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 12:30 AM Brian G <brian at westwoodsvcs.com> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> 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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>> "Failure is the key to success;
>>  each mistake teaches us something"  .. Morihei Ueshiba
>> Brian G
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