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From: "peter a. cejchan" <pac@cejchan.gli.cas.cz>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] what is this, pls?
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:03:23 +0000
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forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk wrote in message news:<21dd4989413ede4680b85a715d441560@caldo.demon.co.uk>...
> the compilers were built using a lazy compiler construction algorithm
> in which operators were added as required by the system, and
> they don't currently provide full support for all 64 bit (vlong)
> operations.
>
> since Dir.length and a few other system values are now 64 bit,
> i can see it being changed eventually.
>
> meanwhile, you need to rewrite the ?: using an if statement.
>
> --
Works fine! Thanks!!!
++pac.