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On Jan 14, 1:33=A0am, Brian Drummond <brian_drumm...@btconnect.com>
wrote:

> If you need to put 200 in an 8-bit type, why not use
> Natural range 0 to 255?

Natural range <whatever> has the same number of bits as Integer, which
has to be at least 16 and is very likely to be 32 (or maybe 64 on a 64-
bit machine).

type Short is mod 256;
for Short'Size use 8;  -- a confirming representation clause

For those of a C background, Short is a bad name here. Byte?
Interfaces.Unsigned_8?

--S