Assignments to uncast dummy fields (was Re: simple

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Tyler (Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:50:29 -0700):
[...]
> But...I am not assigning from a field or variable at all, nor am I
> performing any mathematical operation.  I am assigning 'r' from
> FIELDVAL.  Does this mean that FIELDVAL also does a silent casting of
> the variable based on the edit of the FIELDVAL field being referenced?

No "silent casting" is involved.  It returns the value of the referenced
field, including the field's length and type.  Are you saying that if
FIELDVAL() references a date field, it shouldn't return a date?

>  I would have thought the return value of a function would not have an
> explicit type.

Are you saying that ADDMONTH() shouldn't return a date?  Or that SQRT()
shouldn't return a number?

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