[fpc-pascal] LongWord

[Jonas Maebe]

On 7 mei 2007, at 15:14, Bernd Mueller wrote:

>> See http://www.freepascal.org/mantis/view.php?id=8321 for a long  
>> discussion on this topic.
> I think I have hit a similar case with the following code:
>
> {$mode objfpc}{$H+}
> program test; { FPC 2.0.4}
> var
>    w: Word;
> begin
>    w:= 5555;
>    if lo(w) <> lo(w + (5 - 5)) then
>       writeln('This is a little bit unexpected');
> end.
>
> What would you suggest as a "workaround"? Using the mod operator?

Yes, or using byte()/word(), or typecasting the result of the  
calculation. The result of lo/hi depends on the type of the expression.


Jonas