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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,1525d71e3169ed06 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!cox.net!news-xfer.cox.net!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Martin Krischik Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Float precision - gnat vs objectada Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:10:29 +0100 Organization: None Message-ID: <6529074.vCyYq9Tllq@linux1.krischik.com> References: <1c8dc73c.0412010746.272b978@posting.google.com> <1237548.0CXMffCGLb@linux1.krischik.com> Reply-To: martin@krischik.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1101987192 02 19518 ora5X01vXYtDxA8 041202 11:33:12 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@t-online.de X-ID: rqte3QZbZegadE4JrpuN2-pxgDpAZMgYa2nVDBLrAiJbNpeusmTZZ8 User-Agent: KNode/0.8.0 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6716 Date: 2004-12-02T11:10:29+01:00 List-Id: Jeffrey Carter wrote: > Martin Krischik wrote: >> P Torle wrote: >> >>>subtype Real is Long_Float; >> >> Maybe you want to use Long_Long_Float for maximum precision. > > The only predefined floating-point type required by the ARM is Float. > Maybe he wants to use an application-specific floating-point type, and > should realize that if he asks for more digits than the type supports, > he will get garbage. My silent hope was that ObjectAda does not have a Long_Long_Float and then understanding would have come to him all by its own ;-). Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net http://www.ada.krischik.com