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From: Martin <martin@thedowies.com>
Subject: Re: fixed point vs floating point
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:38:04 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2011-09-29T06:38:04-07:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6fd87b99-e9d4-44c0-9dc5-9c842ed7e9d7@u13g2000vbx.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: d3c2b1c5-28d6-48ce-aa9e-e02fa4d6eaa0@k10g2000vbn.googlegroups.com

On Sep 29, 11:49 am, AdaMagica <christ-usch.gr...@t-online.de> wrote:
> Unfortunately, fixed and floating point are separate categories of
> real types, so there is no generic formal that can serve both.
>
> You have to make the type private and supply all numeric operations
> like this:
>
> generic
>   type Real is private;
>   with function "+" (Left, right: Real) return Real;
>   ...
> package Numerics is

Is there a means of determining that 'Real' isn't an integer type?...I
can't think of one...other than using ASIS.

Could AdaControl spot this?

-- Martin



  reply	other threads:[~2011-09-29 13:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-29 10:25 fixed point vs floating point RasikaSrinivasan@gmail.com
2011-09-29 10:49 ` AdaMagica
2011-09-29 13:38   ` Martin [this message]
2011-09-30 10:17 ` Stephen Leake
2011-09-30 16:25   ` tmoran
2011-09-30 16:52     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2011-10-01 11:09     ` Stephen Leake
2011-09-30 19:26   ` tmoran
2011-09-30 22:31   ` tmoran
2011-10-01 13:37   ` RasikaSrinivasan@gmail.com
2011-10-02 14:19     ` Stephen Leake
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1997-12-02  0:00 Robert Dewar
1997-12-02  0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-12-02  0:00   ` Ken Garlington
1997-12-03  0:00     ` Joe Gwinn
1997-12-04  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-04  0:00         ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-12-02  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-02  0:00     ` Matthew Heaney
1997-12-03  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-03  0:00     ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-12-03  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-03  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-03  0:00       ` Matthew Heaney
1997-12-04  0:00         ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-12-04  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-03  0:00     ` robin
1997-12-03  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-03  0:00 ` robin
1997-11-28  0:00 tmoran
1997-11-28  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-11-27  0:00 tmoran
1997-11-27  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-11-29  0:00   ` Tarjei T. Jensen
1997-11-22  0:00 Matthew Heaney
1997-11-22  0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-11-22  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1997-11-22  0:00     ` Matthew Heaney
1997-11-23  0:00 ` Geert Bosch
1997-11-23  0:00   ` Matthew Heaney
1997-11-23  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1997-11-24  0:00       ` Herman Rubin
1997-11-24  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1997-11-25  0:00           ` Joe Gwinn
1997-11-25  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1997-11-25  0:00               ` Joe Gwinn
1997-11-25  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-11-26  0:00                   ` Joe Gwinn
1997-11-26  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-01  0:00                       ` Joe Gwinn
1997-12-01  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
1997-12-01  0:00                           ` Joe Gwinn
1997-12-03  0:00                           ` robin
1997-11-25  0:00             ` Matthew Heaney
1997-11-26  0:00             ` William A Whitaker
1997-11-24  0:00     ` Geert Bosch
1997-11-23  0:00   ` Tom Moran
1997-11-25  0:00     ` John A. Limpert
1997-11-25  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-11-25  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-11-24  0:00 ` Vince Del Vecchio
1997-11-24  0:00 ` Vince Del Vecchio
1997-12-03  0:00 ` robin
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1997-11-22  0:00 ` Ken Garlington
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