Currency compare different between 2.6.4 and 3.0.0 on Raspian

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kristakis:
Hi,

I had an issue with a comparison of two currency values after upgrading from fpc 2.6.4 to 3.0.0. I had a look around but couldn't find anything about it. It could be related to how I'm using Abs() but I thought I'd post it here in case it really is a bug.

Here's my code:

--- Code: Pascal [+][-]window.onload = function(){var x1 = document.getElementById("main_content_section"); if (x1) { var x = document.getElementsByClassName("geshi");for (var i = 0; i < x.length; i++) { x[i].style.maxHeight='none'; x[i].style.height = Math.min(x[i].clientHeight+15,306)+'px'; x[i].style.resize = "vertical";}};} ---program quicktest;{$MODE OBJFPC}{$H+}uses classes, sysutils, baseunix, crt;var a: currency; b: currency;begin a := -6; b := 9.6; if b < Abs(a) then writeln('this is madness!') else writeln('sanity prevails.'); // bonus round writeln(IntToStr(Length('¥'))); writeln(IntToStr(Length('$')));end.
When I compile that on fpc 2.6.4 it works and sanity prevails. When I compile it on fpc 3.0.0 there is madness. I have 2.6.4 on Raspbian Jessie and 3.0.0 on Raspbian Stretch but when I copy the 2.6.4 executable over to Stretch it works.

Also I noticed that the Yen symbol has a length of 2 while Dollar is only 1. This happens in 2.6.4 and 3.0.0.

Maybe all these are fixed in 3.0.4, I am investigating how to install that now. If not then I'll flip back to the 2.6.4 environment.

thanks.
kris

lucamar:
I can't help you regarding the problem with abs() but about this:

--- Quote from: kristakis on August 23, 2018, 04:45:17 am ---Also I noticed that the Yen symbol has a length of 2 while Dollar is only 1. This happens in 2.6.4 and 3.0.0.

--- End quote ---

that's most probably because your source is UTF-8. Unicode places the $ in the ASCII group (Ux32..Ux126), while the yen symbol (as all other monetary symbols) is in a higher code group which means UTF-8 needs more than one byte to code it.

Remember than Length() returns the lenght in bytes of its argument.

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Incidentally ... FPC 3.0.0 is (relatively) old; lots of fixes were done up to the latest stable version 3.0.4 --- and even more up to 3.2.0 which is coming Really Soon(tm).

Handoko:
@kristakis

I copied/pasted your code and tested on FPC 3.0.4 Linux, I got correct result: "sanity prevails."

balazsszekely:
Works here too with 3.0.4

kristakis:
@lucamar Thanks for the info, I had the suspicion just after submitting that it might be a unicode thing.

@all Good to hear it's been fixed. I'll need to work on getting 3.0.4 installed on the Pi.

thanks,
kris

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