v60DecimalBehavior

The v60DecimalBehavior build descriptor option controls the precision of an even-length DECIMAL, MONEY, or PACF variable.

Before version 8, EGL was inconsistent in way it handled the precision of DECIMAL, MONEY, and PACF variables for different target platforms in the following situations:
  • When values are assigned to the variables
  • When mathLib.precision() returns a precision for the variables

To simulate the behavior from version 6 and earlier, set the v60DecimalBehavior build descriptor option to YES.

Values

The v60DecimalBehavior build descriptor option has the following values:
YES
Use the behavior that was defined as standard in version 6 and earlier. The precision of an even-length DECIMAL, MONEY, or PACF variable is incremented by 1, up to the maximum length. For the maximum length of these variables, see Numeric types.
NO (the default)
Use the behavior that was standard after version 6. The precision for any variable is as originally declared.

Default value

The default value of v60DecimalBehavior depends on the vagCompatibility build descriptor option:
  • If vagCompatibility is set to YES, the default value for v60DecimalBehavior is YES.
  • If vagCompatibility is set to NO, the default value for v60DecimalBehavior is NO.

Example

In the following example, v60DecimalBehavior is set to YES:
myVar DECIMAL(8,2);
myInt INT = mathLib.precision(myVar);  // myInt = 9

If you change v60DecimalBehavior to NO, myInt becomes 8.

Compatibility

Table 1. Compatibility considerations for v60DecimalBehavior
Platform Issue
JavaScript™ generation The option is ignored. The behavior is always the default of v60DecimalBehavior = NO.