[fpc-pascal] Stupid question: is this safe?

[Jonas Maebe]

On 29 Jan 2010, at 12:39, Bart wrote:

> var
>  W: Word;
>  U: UInt64;
>
> {$R-} //range checkin off
>
> begin
>  U := $0000000100000000;
>  W := U; // or W := Word(U);
> end.
>
> I know that the value that i assigned to W is "wrong" (and I can
> handle that), but does it trash memory or cause other serious
> problems?

The only problem that can occur is a range check run time error in  
case range checking is enabled.


Jonas