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Robert A Duff wrote:
> 
> Do you really think that's useful in this case, where 2**8
> appears several times close together?  What would you call
> that named number -- Two_To_The_Eighth?

I'd probably do

Bits_Per_Byte   : constant := 8;
Values_Per_Byte : constant := 2 ** Bits_Per_Byte;

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Jeff Carter
"Brave Sir Robin ran away."
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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