From: Stephen Leake <Stephen.Leake@gsfc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Distinguishing type names from other identifiers
Date: 1998/01/14
Date: 1998-01-14T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <34BD097C.3E9B@gsfc.nasa.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mheaney-ya023680001301981834460001@news.ni.net
Matthew Heaney wrote:
>
> In article <01bd2078$a449b460$41fd82c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com>, "Nick
> Roberts" <Nick.Roberts@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >For example:
> >
> > type Hour_Of_Day is range 0..23;
> > type Minute_Of_Hour is range 0..59;
> > type Seconds_Past_Minute is delta 0.001 range 0.000 .. 59.999;
>
>
> Do this if you really don't want 60.0 in the range:
>
> type Seconds_Past_Midnight_Base is
> delta 0.001 range 0.0 .. 60.0;
>
> subtype Seconds_Past_Midnight is
> Seconds_Past_Midnight range 0.0 .. Seconds_past_Midnight_Base'Succ (60.0);
>
> The idea is let the compiler figure out what the largest value is, by using
> T'Succ. Declaring a subtype of a first named subtype is a technique few
> programmers take advantage of.
Surely, if you mean to _exclude_ 60.0, you should use 'Pred?
--
- Stephe
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Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-01-07 0:00 Two simple language questions Chip Richards
1998-01-07 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-01-10 0:00 ` Two simple language questions (plural types) Michael F Brenner
1998-01-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-10 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-01-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-12 0:00 ` Anonymous
1998-01-12 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-01-12 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-01-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-13 0:00 ` Distinguishing type names from other identifiers Nick Roberts
1998-01-13 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-01-14 0:00 ` Stephen Leake [this message]
1998-01-24 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-01-15 0:00 ` Anonymous
1998-01-24 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-01-24 0:00 ` Martin M Dowie
1998-01-24 0:00 ` Pred Nick Roberts
1998-01-25 0:00 ` Distinguishing type names from other identifiers Matthew Heaney
1998-01-24 0:00 ` Martin M Dowie
1998-01-15 0:00 ` Aaro Koskinen
1998-01-17 0:00 ` Martin M Dowie
1998-01-17 0:00 ` Martin M Dowie
1998-01-25 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-01-25 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
[not found] ` <n5rs5FAStOz0Ew2+@dowie-cs.demon.co.uk>
1998-01-26 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-01-27 0:00 ` Martin M Dowie
1998-01-27 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-01-27 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-01-28 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-01-28 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-01-29 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-01-30 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1998-01-28 0:00 ` Martin M Dowie
1998-01-12 0:00 ` Two simple language questions (plural types) Brian Rogoff
1998-01-11 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-01-07 0:00 ` Two simple language questions Robert Dewar
1998-01-07 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-01-07 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1998-01-13 0:00 Distinguishing type names from other identifiers Adam Beneschan
1998-01-14 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-01-15 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1998-01-15 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1998-01-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-16 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1998-01-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-16 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-01-17 0:00 ` nabbasi
1998-01-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-21 0:00 ` Philip Brashear
1998-01-20 0:00 ` Benoit Jauvin-Girard
1998-01-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-14 0:00 tmoran
1998-01-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-14 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-01-14 0:00 ` nabbasi
1998-01-15 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-01-25 0:00 tmoran
1998-01-25 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-01-26 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
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