tuple(int, int) --> FixedPoint; is there a better way?

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> kosh at aesaeion.com (K) writes:

K> On 2 Dec 2002, Piet van Oostrum wrote:
HW> Hello,
HW> I have selected a value from a currency type column in MS Access using
HW> ADO. The currency type in Access is a 64 bit integer with 4 decimal
HW> places precision. Somewhere between the database and my program this
HW> gets turned into a tuple of two 32 bit integers, the first one signed
HW> and the second one unsigned.
>> 

K> Why not convert both parts to a string add them together and then conver
K> to a long. That should give the affect you are looking for easily.

You would have to use HEX then, and at least for the second part,
exactly 8 digits.
And it would be slower. I consider int->string->int a detour if you
can get the same with only int arithmetic.
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