From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9d8c431fb6e661bc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-21 12:22:05 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!xfer13.netnews.com!netnews.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!news.idt.net!attmtf.ip.att.net!attor2!ip.att.net!news.hitter.net!news!news.crc.com!not-for-mail From: "David C. Hoos, Sr." Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Duration is in seconds, right? Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 13:36:33 -0600 Organization: CRC: A wholly owned subsidiary of Thermo Electron Message-ID: <91tm2d$aml$1@hobbes2.crc.com> References: <91ti0p$v32$1@s1.read.news.oleane.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.175.145.56 X-Trace: hobbes2.crc.com 977427341 10965 198.175.145.56 (21 Dec 2000 19:35:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@crc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Dec 2000 19:35:41 GMT X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3335 Date: 2000-12-21T19:35:41+00:00 List-Id: I don't know what you're reading. Here is RM95 9.6 (7): 7 There is a predefined fixed point type named Duration, declared in the visible part of package Standard; a value of type Duration is used to represent the length of an interval of time, expressed in seconds. The type Duration is not specific to a particular time base, but can be used with any time base. So.. it's no assumption -- it's a definition. "Thierry Lelegard" wrote in message news:91ti0p$v32$1@s1.read.news.oleane.net... > > It is a funny thing I am assuming standard types Duration and Time are in > > seconds but I cannot find that one assumption in the ARM. > > Duration: (A)RM95 9.6(7) > Time: private type, no unit > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > Thierry Lelegard, "The Jazzing Troll", Email: thierry.lelegard@canal-plus.fr > CANAL+ Technologies, 34 place Raoul Dautry, 75516 Paris Cedex 15, France > Tel: +33 1 71 71 54 30 Fax: +33 1 71 71 52 08 Mobile: +33 6 03 00 65 75 > ____________________________________________________________________________ > >