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From: stt@inmet.inmet.com
Subject: Re: float constraint checks
Date: 14 Jun 91 17:23:00 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20600106@inmet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 190054@<1991Jun12


Re: float constraint checks

Underflow is never an error in Ada; instead it yields 0.0.
This is a ramification of the model-number accuracy rules.
The Ada Reference Manual doesn't come out and say
"no exception on underflow" (at least I couldn't find it), 
but that is the case.

S. Tucker Taft
Intermetrics, Inc.
Cambridge, MA  02138

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1991-06-14 17:23 ` stt [this message]
1991-06-12 19:00 float constraint checks Ted Grzesik
1991-06-12 21:16 ` Robert I. Eachus
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