Re: Question about ordinary fixed point types.

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>]

"Peter C. Chapin" <chapinp@acm.org> writes:

> I have a need to work with ordinary fixed point types. I've read the in
> the reference manual about them (section 3.5.9, for example), and some
> other things. I still have a few questions. I thought I'd start with one
> here.
>
> Consider this example:
>
>
> type Angle_Type is delta 0.0005 range -3.1416 .. 3.1416;
> Angle : Angle_Type;

Why do you not specify:

for Angle_Type'small use 0.0005;

?

Then machine numbers will be multiples of 0.0005.

I've never used a fixed point type where I did not do this.

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