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Specifies the arithmetic mode for numeric data. The possible values
are:
- NOEXTEND indicates that the intermediate result of a
fixed-point arithmetic expression can be up to 30 digits and numeric literals
may only have a maximum length of 18 digits.
- EXTEND31 indicates that the intermediate result of a
fixed-point arithmetic expression can be up to 31 digits and numeric literals
may have a maximum length of 31 digits. Use this option to increase the
precision of intermediate results for fixed-point arithmetic.
- EXTEND63 indicates that the intermediate result of a
fixed-point arithmetic expression can be up to 63 digits and numeric literals
may have a maximum length of 63 digits. Use this option to increase the
precision of intermediate results for fixed-point arithmetic.
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