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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:27:30 +0200
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On 11.06.12 10:22, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:36:46 +0200 (CEST), Nomen Nescio wrote:
> 
>> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Please, why have you defined Code_Point as a modular type?
>>>
>>> Because code point is unsigned. When you declare something signed
>>> you do that because you want negative inverses. Signed integers have
>>> the base type with 0 in the middle of its range.
>>
>> That's no reason to use mod.  You can put boundaries where you want
>> them, integer, or mod.
>>
>> It's about the operators.
> 
> Exactly, there is *no* arithmetic of code points.

In case there is no arithmetic of code points, it is really
surprising to see

   type Code_Point is mod 2**32;

and not

   type Code_Point is private;

;-)