From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1829baf3f3969656 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-28 00:24:05 PST From: "Martin Dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <99lofd$19j37@tech.port.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Converting Binary to Decimal - holy war alert Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:15:29 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 NNTP-Posting-Host: sg2c11210.dsge.edinbr.gmav.gecm.com Message-ID: <3ac19bdf$1@pull.gecm.com> X-Trace: 28 Mar 2001 09:07:59 GMT, sg2c11210.dsge.edinbr.gmav.gecm.com Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!falcon.america.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!btnet-peer1!btnet-feed3!btnet!newreader.ukcore.bt.net!pull.gecm.com!sg2c11210.dsge.edinbr.gmav.gecm.com Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6154 Date: 2001-03-28T09:15:29+01:00 List-Id: 'a_bin_num' doesn't imply it's a variable - 'a' is the "indefinate article" and can be used to indicate the type of something without specifying _which_ item you are talking about e.g. My_Kettle : A_Kettle := (Make => Kenwood, Capacity_In_Litres => 1.5, -- etc); Your_Kettle : A_Kettle := (Make => Bosch, Capacity_In_Litres => 2.0, -- etc); etc. Phaedrus wrote in message news:n3Ov6.15480$ue1.1287176@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net... > First step, get the input. Test to make sure you're getting it correctly. > Use meaningful names, please! For instance, "a_bin_num" implies > that it's a variable, which it isn't. It's a type, so try calling it > "a_bin_num_type",