Re: [Quickfix-developers] MiscFeeType (139)

[Grant B. <gbi...@co...>]

In C++, a char can be treated like an int.  Values 10, 11, and 12 can
be assigned to a char without a problem.

If you have C++ code such as "char x = 8;", then x will not be storing
the character "8", but the unsigned integer value 8, which is intended
to be interpreted as the ASCII character with code 8 (see
http://www.asciitable.com/).

In the FIX spec, value 139 is specified as a char.

Note: A char and an int are not exactly the same.  On many (most?)
implementations, a char is 8 bits wide, and thus can only range from
0-255.



On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Malinka Rellikwodahs
<ael...@gm...> wrote:
> QuickFIX Documentation: http://www.quickfixengine.org/quickfix/doc/html/index.html
> QuickFIX Support: http://www.quickfixengine.org/services.html
>
> It appears there is some confusion regarding MiscFeeType (tag 139).
> According to http://b2bits.com/fixopaedia/fixdic44/index.html it is a
> Int field.  According to
> http://www.transacttools.net/ttportal/datadict/browser.jsp it is a
> Char field.  If it is supposed to be a char it has the impossible
> values of 10 : Per transaction, 11 : Conversion, 12 : Agent.
>
> QuickFix treats it as a Char however it does not have 10, 11 and 12
> available, has this been a change to the FIX spec?  What would be the
> best solution? treate it as an IntField or treate it as a StringField?
>
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