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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2b9a514a774de8f8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-03 01:25:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!pipehawk.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: john.mccabe@emrad.com.nospam (John McCabe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Text IO Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 08:23:41 GMT Organization: Emrad Ltd Message-ID: <3b933cbf.1770145@news.demon.co.uk> References: <3b8cac5b.3843987@news.demon.co.uk> <5ee5b646.0108311715.7d223e3f@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipehawk.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pipehawk.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.81 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 999505464 nnrp-07:1150 NO-IDENT pipehawk.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.81 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12648 Date: 2001-09-03T08:23:41+00:00 List-Id: On 31 Aug 2001 18:15:37 -0700, dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) wrote: >john.mccabe@emrad.com.nospam (John McCabe) wrote in message news:<3b8cac5b.3843987@news.demon.co.uk>... >> On 28 Aug 2001 09:19:31 -0700, mraikes@vt.edu (Matt Raikes) wrote: >> >> The 'Image and 'Value attribute results are, I believe, >> implementation dependant. > >That is incorrect, the semantics are fully >defined in the RM. Of course, but I was thinking of floating point numbers in particular at the time of writing where the image depends on S'Digits. As base subtypes of float have a 'Digits attribute depending on 'Machine_Radix and 'Model_Mantissa there is clearly some implementation dependence here. I have found that, in general, 'Image is ideal for printing out information for trace and debug purposes, but you really need to use the xxx_IO facilities to get fine control over your output representation. Best Regards John McCabe