avail/avail.descriptor.numbers/AbstractNumberDescriptor/o_SubtractFromIntegerCanDestroy

o_SubtractFromIntegerCanDestroy

abstract override fun o_SubtractFromIntegerCanDestroy(    self: AvailObject,     anInteger: AvailObject,     canDestroy: Boolean): A_Number
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Difference the operands and answer the result.

Implementations may double-dispatch to subtractFromIntegerCanDestroy or subtractFromInfinityCanDestroy, where actual implementations of the subtraction operation should reside.

Return

The result of differencing the operands.

See also

Parameters

self

An integral numeric.

anInteger
canDestroy

true if the operation may modify either operand, false otherwise.