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From: Nick Roberts <nick.roberts@acm.org>
Subject: Re: Ada compiler differences
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:55:15 +0100
Date: 2004-10-18T20:55:15+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2tild3F20plpeU1@uni-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pan.2004.10.18.18.31.36.895210@n_o_p_o_r_k_a_n_d_h_a_m.abyss2.demon.co.uk>

Luke A. Guest wrote:

> Yeah, you'll need to define your own types, but surely these are going
> to be "derived" from the default types, i.e.
> 
>   type Chutney is new Integer range 1 .. 5;
> 
> Are you saying not to even do this?

Yes. Normally it is better to simply put:

   type Chutney is range 1..5;

and allow the implementation to select the best base type.

-- 
Nick Roberts



  reply	other threads:[~2004-10-18 19:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-10-18 12:47 Ada compiler differences Magnus
2004-10-18 14:01 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-10-18 18:31   ` Luke A. Guest
2004-10-18 19:55     ` Nick Roberts [this message]
2004-10-19 20:52       ` Luke A. Guest
2004-10-20  1:16         ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-18 21:03     ` Martin Dowie
2004-10-19  2:11     ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-18 20:36 ` Nick Roberts
2004-10-18 21:48 ` Mark H Johnson
2004-10-19 14:49   ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-19 20:32     ` Mark H Johnson
2004-10-20 16:48       ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-21 13:54         ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-21 20:57           ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-21 21:05           ` Mark H Johnson
2004-10-26 15:23             ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-26 21:21               ` Mark H Johnson
2004-10-27  4:39                 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-27 13:49                   ` Mark H Johnson
2004-10-20  8:02 ` Rod Chapman
2004-10-21 13:55   ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-22  8:13     ` Rod Chapman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-10-20  1:32 Stephen Leake
2004-10-20  5:47 ` Simon Wright
2004-10-26  0:28   ` Randy Brukardt
2004-10-20 13:05 Stephen Leake
2004-10-20 17:17 ` Nick Roberts
2004-10-20 19:44   ` Simon Wright
2004-10-21 21:02     ` Nick Roberts
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