Re: HELP:Declaration in ADA?!!

[mcm@cs.cmu.edu (Martin C. Martin)]

> Tuyet-Tram DANG-NGOC <dangngoc@ens-info.uvsq.fr> wrote:
> 
> >Hi there,
> 
> >I have a stupid question to ask.
> >DOES SOMEONE KNOW HOW TO DECLARE LONG_INTEGER IN ADA?
> >All the books I've read here does not answer this metaphysical question, they
> >just take it as if everyone should know how to declare it. In a wonderful
> >book, I've seen how to declare LONG_REAL by typing:
> >   type LONG_REAL is DIGIT 14;
> >But how to do it for LONG_INTEGER?
> >Can someone answers me pleeeeaaaase, i've a big and horrible project to finish
> >for very soon.

Long_Integer may already be defined in your compiler; the ARM says
it's an optional type, but I think most compilers define it (at least,
if there are assembly instructions which would manipulate such an
integer directly).

If not, you can define it this way:

type Long_Integer is range -2_147_483_647 .. 2_147_483_647

Mind you, I think this will only work if there already is a 32 bit
integer type in your compiler, and if so it's probably already called
Long_Integer.

Martin.