Arithmetic Division operator - behavior change

Hello everyone
 
This post is to inform the OutSystems community that the behavior of the arithmetic Division operator (/) has been changed.
 
The change is related to the division of Integer numbers. As it was before, in some cases dividing two integer values would generate an Integer result, and integer division was executed; in other cases, decimal division of the two integer values was executed, and the result was a decimal value.
For example, depending on the exact context, you could have: 

• 10 / 4 = 2 (and the result would be an Integer expression);
• 10 / 4 = 2.5 (and the result would be a Decimal expression);

 
To fix this inconsistency, OutSystems has changed the behavior to be the same in all cases: decimal division is executed, and the result is a Decimal expression, in all cases. This change is effective in the following Agile Platform versions:

• Agile Platform 4.2 - starting with revision 4.2.4.79
• Agile Platform 5.0 - starting with revision 5.0.2.29
• Agile Platform 5.1 - starting with revision 5.1.1.18

This change does not affect calculations where dividing values were being explicitly converted to Decimal, or the result explicitly converted to Integer: 

• IntegerToDecimal(10) / IntegerToDecimal(4) = 2.5 (this did not change);
• DecimalToInteger(10/4) = 2 (this did not change as well).

If you have any questions regarding this subject, please send an email to OutSystems Product Support (support@outsystems.com).
 
Regards,

Acácio Porta Nova
OutSystems Product Support