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From: paulg@bhpmrl.oz.au (Paul Gallagher)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Help Me!!! What's wrong with this simple problem?
Message-ID: <1990Nov30.111012.17700@bhpmrl.oz.au>
Date: 30 Nov 90 11:10:12 GMT
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Geez, everyone's jumping in on this question!

The problem (j is used as accumulator and hence can't legally store -7)
has already been pointed out. Some of the work arounds are just over the
top though. E-Z-est solution is just to use:

     ..
     i:=-10+j;
     ..

This doesn't violate range conditions, so you can compile away with {$R+}
to your hearts content.

More importantly though, this is NOT a compiler error. It's actually documented
in the (TP5.5 at least) manuals, but god knows where!


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