From: reason67@my-deja.com
Subject: Re: Type casting question
Date: 1999/12/21
Date: 1999-12-21T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83of3h$352$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 83o9d0$ul9$1@nnrp1.deja.com
In article <83o9d0$ul9$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
> In article <385E87D8.2B44B800@tridsys.com>,
> > type Bit_5 is range 2#0# .. 2#11111#;
> > for Bit_5'Size use 5;
> > subtype Size_Type is Bit_5;
>
> By the way, it is almost certainly wrong to have the base
> type of Bit_5 be signed.
>
> Almost certainly what you want here is
>
> type Bit_5 is mod 2 ** 5;
Assuming he is using Ada95 and not Ada 83.
> The size clause is unnecessary in either case, since the
> default size in both cases is obviously 5!
I have used compilers that, unless you specified, put all integer types
to a size of 32 by default. I do not know if the Ada95 LRM specifies
that the type must be sized to the minimum or not.
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Jeffrey S. Blatt
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-12-20 0:00 Type casting question Raju Vemulamanda
1999-12-20 0:00 ` DuckE
1999-12-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-21 0:00 ` reason67 [this message]
1999-12-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-21 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-22 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-23 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-23 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-21 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
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