From: Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: Unclear error message - please help
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:03:39 +0200
Date: 2005-10-11T20:03:39+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <14302082.OkWFL0V1RL@linux1.krischik.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: sa43bn9ui7y.fsf@snoopy.microcomaustralia.com.au
Brian May wrote:
>>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
>
> Martin> All range types alow for positive and negative values -
> Martin> even when the subtype is restricted to a positive range -
> Martin> so they need a sign bit.
>
> In another thread I asked if it was possible to have a unsigned 64 bit
> number on a 32 bit platform - the answer was yes.
>
> People showed me the specification of a built-in Ada package to prove
> it. Sorry I can't remember the exact name of the Package
> (os.interfaces???), and I don't have time to check now either.
> Nobody mentioned anything about packing (that I noticed) either.
Unsigned type are created with the keyword "mod" while the keyword "range"
creates signed integer. Ok, I confess that needs a bit of getting used to.
Martin
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-17 21:11 Unclear error message - please help Alfred Hilscher
2005-09-17 21:44 ` Gene
2005-09-17 22:02 ` Ludovic Brenta
2005-09-18 2:32 ` Robert A Duff
2005-10-08 19:39 ` Alfred Hilscher
2005-10-08 20:15 ` Björn Persson
2005-10-09 7:34 ` Martin Krischik
2005-10-08 21:28 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-10-08 23:58 ` Robert A Duff
2005-10-09 7:29 ` Martin Krischik
2005-10-09 14:24 ` Robert A Duff
2005-10-09 22:02 ` Brian May
2005-10-10 16:49 ` Martin Krischik
2005-10-10 22:20 ` Brian May
2005-10-11 5:48 ` Martin Dowie
2005-10-11 18:03 ` Martin Krischik [this message]
[not found] ` <h84lk1tqgofrhgabm8q3sqbb80li6733bh@4ax.com>
2005-10-16 1:10 ` Robert A Duff
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