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PK85644: Possible difference in truncation between EGL v6 and EGL v7.

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • There is a possibility that results of numeric truncation could
    differ between EGL v6 and EGL v7.  However, the difference is li
    mited to the following situation:
    
    1.)  The target variable is defined as a type NUM field.
    2.)  The source is a literal.
    3.)  The number of digits in the literal to the right of the dec
    imal place exceed the number of decimal places defined in the nu
    mber variable
    4.)  The value in the digits to the right of the number of decim
    al places have to cause rounding (i.e. greater than 5).
    
    Example:
    
       myNum num(14,4);
       myNum = '-987654321.123456789';
           SysLib.writeStdout(' ' + myNum);
    
    The result would be  -987654321.1235
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • A larger temporary variable is now being used to hold the
    result from the NUMVAL-C function call.
    

Problem conclusion

  • Software updated.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PK85644

  • Reported component name

    RBD EGL FOR COB

  • Reported component ID

    5724S5001

  • Reported release

    750

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2009-04-29

  • Closed date

    2009-07-13

  • Last modified date

    2009-07-13

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    RBD EGL FOR COB

  • Fixed component ID

    5724S5001

Applicable component levels

  • R750 PSN

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Document Information

Modified date:
13 July 2009