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From: dvdeug@my-deja.com
Subject: Math Questions
Date: 1999/06/01
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I'm working on a number library for Ada, and I came across some
problems?

(1)Is there any way of dealing with infinity in real numbers in Ada
(like IEEE's +INF)? In my bound float unit, it would be much nicer to
store it as between 1 and infinity than just throw a Constraint Error.

(2)I'd like to create a IEEE745 type, but then you couldn't use it as
the base type for the bound float unit. Is there any way to make a type
look like a number to generics?

(3)Alternately, is there any way to make a generic package accept both
standard floats and any number-like types I create?

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