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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: how to print position number of an enumeration variable?
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"mike@nospam" wrote:
>
> but 'pos is not listed as an attribute. I am looking at page 34-36 of
the RM,
> and I do not see such attribute for scalar types (that is why I
asked), and enum
> is scalar type.
>
> strange. But thanks!


'Pos isn't defined for scalar types; it's only defined for discrete
types. (That is, it isn't defined for floats and fixed point types).
Look in 3.5.5 to find the normative definition of 'Pos.

            Randy.