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From: Kai =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gl=E4sner?= <Kai.Glaesner@t-online.de>
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Subject: Why raises this an error? :-(
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:48:44 +0100
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Hello community,

while porting an c++ math-library to Ada95 (Gnat 3.12p under Linux) I
experienced:

This:

    Alt_D := (-8.0/4.0) ** 2.0;

raises this:

    raised ADA.NUMERICS.ARGUMENT_ERROR : a-ngelfu.adb:111 instantiated
at a-nuelfu.ads:20

This:

    Alt_D := -2.0 ** 2.0;

works fine!

Why? What have I overlooked here... :-/

Thanks in advance for an answer...

Kai Glaesner