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From: Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@nospam.please>
Subject: Re: Translating an embedded C algorithm
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:30:53 +0200
Date: 2007-01-18T22:30:53+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45afd7be$0$22525$39db0f71@news.song.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45af9c60$0$22524$39db0f71@news.song.fi>

A correction, or improvement:

Niklas Holsti wrote:
> ...
>    package Temperatures is
> 
>       type Celsius_T is delta 0.1 digits 5 range -40.0 .. 120.0;
                                            ^
I have little experience with fixed-point types, but I think "digits 4" 
should actually be enough in this case (-40.0 .. 120.0). At least the 
code works with "digits 4", too. Anyway, Gnat says the minimum 'Size of 
the type is 12 bits in both cases, so I guess the variables have the 
same size and arithmetic the same speed in both cases (except, perhaps, 
if we multiply or divide two values of this type, but this example code 
does not do that.)

-- 
Niklas Holsti
Tidorum Ltd
niklas holsti tidorum fi
       .      @       .



  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-01-18 20:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 102+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-15 14:36 Translating an embedded C algorithm Talulah
2007-01-16  0:06 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-16  1:10   ` Marc A. Criley
2007-01-16  2:21   ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 10:40     ` Markus E Leypold
2007-01-16 14:48       ` Larry Kilgallen
2007-01-16 17:32     ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-16 18:04       ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-17  0:09         ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-17  1:07           ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16  4:37   ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2007-01-16 13:37     ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 23:47     ` Simon Wright
2007-01-17  1:02       ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16  3:50 ` Vo, Anh (US SSA)
2007-01-16 12:15   ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-16 23:50     ` Simon Wright
2007-01-18 16:17     ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-18 16:41       ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-01-18 20:02         ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-18 22:25         ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19  8:32           ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-19 19:15             ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19 20:49             ` Simon Wright
2007-01-18 16:55       ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-18 18:54         ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-19  0:45           ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-18 21:25         ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-19  0:50           ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-19  4:43           ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-18 18:43       ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-18 20:19         ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-18 20:30       ` Niklas Holsti [this message]
2007-01-18 23:34       ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19  8:57         ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-19  2:11       ` Steve Whalen
2007-01-19 10:27         ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-16 13:32   ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 14:47   ` Gautier
2007-01-16 15:15     ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 15:16     ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2007-01-16 16:12       ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-01-16 17:10         ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-16 22:32           ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-01-17 20:22             ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-18  9:23               ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-01-16 17:12         ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 17:20           ` Frank J. Lhota
2007-01-16 18:09             ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 17:36           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-16 18:08             ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-16 18:48               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-16 20:03                 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-18 19:33                   ` Björn Persson
2007-01-18 22:32                     ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19 20:26                       ` Björn Persson
2007-01-19 23:25                         ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19  7:15                     ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-19 20:27                       ` Björn Persson
2007-01-19 20:34                         ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-17 13:48           ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-17 23:32             ` Translating an embedded C algorithm -- OT Cesar Rabak
2007-01-18  8:56               ` Talulah
2007-01-18 22:05                 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-18  9:03               ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-01-18 10:22                 ` Alex R. Mosteo
2007-01-18 18:34                 ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-18 22:26                   ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19  4:45                     ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-18 22:18                 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19 20:53                   ` Simon Wright
2007-01-16 15:55   ` Translating an embedded C algorithm Cesar Rabak
2007-01-17  3:00     ` Vo, Anh (US SSA)
2007-01-17 10:48       ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-17 11:44       ` Niklas Holsti
2007-01-17 13:31         ` Talulah
2007-01-17 19:20           ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-18 14:19             ` Talulah
2007-01-18 15:28               ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2007-01-18 23:27                 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-18 18:51               ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-18 22:30                 ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19  4:48                   ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-19 19:13                     ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-20 20:56                       ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-19  2:21                 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2007-01-19  3:25                   ` Larry Kilgallen
2007-01-20  0:46                     ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2007-01-20 13:03                       ` Larry Kilgallen
2007-01-20 16:54                         ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2007-01-20 23:53                           ` Larry Kilgallen
2007-01-20 21:02                         ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-25 21:59                     ` Markus E Leypold
2007-01-26  4:06                       ` Larry Kilgallen
2007-01-26 11:26                         ` Markus E Leypold
2007-01-26 12:25                           ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19  4:52                   ` Jeffrey Carter
2007-01-19 10:13                   ` Warner BRUNS
2007-01-19 14:54                   ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-19  4:08 ` Steve
2007-01-19 20:41   ` Simon Wright
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-01-17  7:07 AW: " Grein, Christoph (Fa. ESG)
2007-01-17 10:26 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-01-17 16:44   ` Markus E Leypold
2007-01-18  8:49     ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-01-19  9:33       ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-19 19:23         ` Cesar Rabak
2007-01-19 20:27           ` Robert A Duff
2007-01-20  9:54             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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