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From: Bob Duff <bobduff@theworld.com>
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Subject: Re: Representation clauses and side-efects on STM32F411 ravenscar
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Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2015 15:54:50 -0400
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"Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:

> On 08/02/2015 01:59 AM, Frédéric Praca wrote:
>> 
>>    type Mantissa is range 0 .. 2**12 - 1 with Size => 12;
>>    type Fraction is range 0 .. 2**4 - 1 with Size => 4;

Note that the Sizes will be 12 and 4 by default.

> Wouldn't modular types be better for these?

Why would you want wraparound arithmetic for these?  Seems like it would
just hide bugs.

- Bob