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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: redefinition of the operator
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:16:20 +0100, Francesco Bochicchio wrote:

> It is not exactly a cheap solution, since I need to replace the standard
> operators in existing software (about 20000 DSI) and this mean to
> change long_float with My_Real in most of it, but I guess with some
> automated search/replace I could do it.

You should do it anyway from software design / maintenance perspective,
because Long_Float implies operations of Long_Float. Replacing operations
means another type and so other type name.

BTW, it is a good idea to never use standard floating point types directly.
But always:

   type Defined_By_My_Requirements is digits ... range ...;

or at least:

   type Should_Be_OK is new Float;

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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