Single to Extended how?
lazarus / 7-LCL

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=sniper= · 2006-06-20 09:26

... Error: Illegal type conversion: "Single" to "Extended"
at line with
Code: [Select]Extended(temp)
how to fix this?

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Anonymous · 2006-06-20 09:34

sorry.

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Anonymous · 2006-06-20 09:37

ah it compiles with {$MODE objfpc} but not in {$MODE Delphi} why?

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Marc · 2006-06-20 14:20

Casting is ugly and potentially dangerous.

You normally don't have to cast, assigning works:

var
  s: Single;
  e: extended;
begin
  s := 1.2;
  e := s;
end;

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Anonymous · 2006-06-20 18:51

I am porting game engine from Delphi to FPC )

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Anonymous · 2006-06-20 19:08

Thank you