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From: snarflemike@yahoo.com (Mike Silva)
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Subject: Re: Is there a better (Ada) way?
Date: 23 Oct 2003 09:57:14 -0700
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"Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<3F96ED50.2040009@comcast.net>...
> >    R16 := R16 + Reg16_t( Integer( PB.offset5 ) mod Reg16_t'Modulus );
> > -- the above line works, but is it good Ada, or C-in-Ada?
> 
>     R16 := R16 + Reg16_t(PB.offset5);
> 
> Should do exactly the same thing--but it doesn't.

Do you mean that the language should have been defined so that the
conversion in the 2nd line acts like the 1st, with negative numbers? 
Or ???

Mike