When I try and set a nullable Decimal to zero I get the below error. I did notice that if I parse the zero to a decimal it does work.
COBCH1624: cannot implicitly convert binary-char to type System.Nullable[Decimal].
01 testDecimal type Nullable[type Decimal] property.
method-id New
procedure division.
set testDecimal to 0.
end method
Is this a problem with the compiler? It seems that this code should work.
When I try and set a nullable Decimal to zero I get the below error. I did notice that if I parse the zero to a decimal it does work.
COBCH1624: cannot implicitly convert binary-char to type System.Nullable[Decimal].
01 testDecimal type Nullable[type Decimal] property.
method-id New
procedure division.
set testDecimal to 0.
end method
Is this a problem with the compiler? It seems that this code should work.
The compiler does not currently have any specific support for nullable types, though this could certainly be a useful enhancement. It does have support for the use of implicit and explicit conversions and System.Nullable<T> defines an implicit conversion from type T to System.Nullable<T>. This means that you can replace the set statement in your example by:
set testDecimal to 0 as decimal
...and the correct conversion code will be generated.
I will investigate better support for nullable types for a future compiler release.
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