RE: Entering a fixed point number at the st> prompt causes divide by zero error. Is this the expected behavior. Please see below for integer, floating point, scaled decimal, and fixed point entries.

What version of gst are you running? I running 3.2.91, and I get:

st> 1.1 “fixed point”

1.1

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From: Gary Highberger
Sent: Monday, January 4, 2021 3:59 PM
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Subject: Entering a fixed point number at the st> prompt causes divide by zero error. Is this the expected behavior. Please see below for integer, floating point, scaled decimal, and fixed point entries.

st> 1 "integer"

1

st> 1.1e0 "floating point"

1.1

st> 1.1s2 "scaled decimal"

1.10s2

st> 1.1 "fixed point"

Object: 1 error: The program attempted to divide a number by zero

ZeroDivide(Exception)>>signal (ExcHandling.st:254)

SmallInteger(Number)>>zeroDivide (SysExcept.st:1426)

Fraction>>setNumerator:setDenominator: (Fraction.st:485)

Fraction class>>numerator:denominator: (Fraction.st:66)

Fraction>>- (Fraction.st:151)

FloatD(Float)>>printOn:special: (Float.st:533)

FloatD(Float)>>printOn: (Float.st:436)

FloatD(Object)>>printString (Object.st:534)

FloatD(Object)>>printNl (Object.st:571)