Re: enumration using integers?

["Samuel T. Harris" <u61783@gsde.hou.us.ray.com>]

Sven Nilsson wrote:
> 
> Ted Dennison wrote:
> >
> > It understands perfectly what you want. It just won't allow you to do that. :-)
> 
> I knew it! The machines are revolting!! Well, this machine is gonna be
> playing Britney Spears MP3's the whole day... Take that you ungreatful
> piece of ...
> >
> > The next obvious question is *why* do you want to do this? What are you trying
> > to accomplish with an enumeration of integers?
> >
> 
> Right. I want to have a type containing certain integers that I can use
> in calculations. Something like this:
> 
>   type Distance is (10, 15, 20, 37);

The 37 is a real kicker.
It it had been 35 and included 25 and 30, then perhaps ...

type distance is delta 5.0 range 10.0..35.0;
for delta'small use 5.0;

(I believe that is correct off the top of my head).

I've never used a fixed point type to represent an
equi-distance set of integers, but I guess it would
work.

>   Dist : Distance := 15;
>   Result : Integer := 0;
> begin
>   Result := Some_Formula * Dist; -- And perhaps a typecast if need be.
> 
> I could do that in other ways, for instance as suggested by Marc and
> Philip, but that's not really the issue. I wanted to know if I could
> magically write something to make my type-construct legal. Which I
> probably can't. *sob*
> 
> -Sven

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