[GNU-COBOL] math library questions

["Matthew Fischer" <mfischer@umr.edu>]

 	This is directed to Chad, but the rest of you may have some input.
 
 	In the math library:
 
 --Do we need to be able to init using a u.long, long, or double???
 
 	Currently you can initialize the struct using a string, ie. "1111111"
 	Would it be useful to you (Chad) to be able to initialized it with a
 	an unsigned long, long, or double?
 
 --Do we need the automatic file I/O, or is conversion to a string enough.
 
 	I can easily make it so that the number in the CobolMath struct is
 	directed into a file, since the MP library does this already.  It is
 	worthwhile for me to write a wrapper for this?  Currently the only way
 	to extract data is to extract it into a string (which you could then
 	direct into a file yourself).  As a side note, would it be worthwhile 
 	to be able to extract it into an unsigned long or long?
 
 


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