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ChristopherL schrieb:
> On Jan 16, 7:11 am, Ludovic Brenta <ludo...@ludovic-brenta.org> wrote:
>>    type Signed_8 is range - 2**7 .. 2**7 - 1;
>>    for Signed_8'Size use 8;
> 
> I didn't use the second line in my program! Without it, my system
> uses 10 bits for this. 

Is it actually doing that or is it just the
debugger which says so?  You can always test
this with

   if Signed_8'Size = 10 then
     ...

> What does the following line of code do? It's new to me and have to
> know!
> 
> type Short_integer1 is mod 2 ** 8;
> 


Which text book are you using?  This should be covered
in every Ada text book in an early chapter.