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From: Nick Roberts <nick.roberts@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada compiler differences
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:55:15 +0100
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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.

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Nick Roberts