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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: IEEE float I/O in DEC Ada
Date: 1999/05/28
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In article <374EB9A9.F226AEE7@Maths.UniNe.CH>,
  Gautier <Gautier.deMontmollin@Maths.UniNe.CH> wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Since DEC Ada wants either
>
>   pragma float_representation(vax_float);
>
> or
>
>   pragma float_representation(ieee_float);
>
> for a whole "project" and a part of mine requires
> the VAX representation, so I must use it.
>
> _But_ I wish to save results in IEEE format -
> I can live with text format but the IEEE is
> a bit more compact...
>
> DEC Ada doesn't seem to have special types or
> conversions functions for both floats sorts.
>
> Anyway, are there conversion routines available ?
>
> NB: the version is :
>  "DEC Ada V3.2-8 with the Professional Development Option"
>
> TIA


You can definitely handle both types within a single program
and convert between them (we know this only too well since it
was one of the relatively difficult requirements that the
GNAT implementation had to meet in copying DEC Ada 83).


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