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Bug DescriptionThe function OCT converts its argument to LONG if this is a variable. For example the following program:varReal = 60.5e0 print Oct(varReal), " ",varReal, "\n"prints the following 101 60 Bug Reason, What Causes the BugThe implementation of the function OCT uses the macro _EVALUATEEXPRESSION instead of EVALUATEEXPRESSION The macro starting with the _ character evaluates the function argument resulting the argument without creating a copy of it. This optimizes code in case the command or function does not alter the argument/parameter value. This is not the case in the implementation of the function OCT. OCT converts the argument value to LONG.SolutionThe following line in the COMMAND(OCT) should be updated:Op = _EVALUATEEXPRESSION(CAR(PARAMETERLIST));to: Op = EVALUATEEXPRESSION(CAR(PARAMETERLIST)); Bug Workaround Until Solution is AvailableDo not pass a variable to the function OCT, use the ByVal operator to protect the argument.AcknowledgementMitchell Greess [m.greess@solutions-atlantic.com] has discovered the same bug in the function HEX. |