Re: Ada decimal types

["REH" <me@you.com>]

"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote in message 
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> "REH" <me@you.com> wrote in message
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> Also, duration is a binary fixed point.
>> A don't want to use those because precision may be lost.  Whether or not
> the
>> loss will be an issue, I do not know but I would rather not risk it.  Of
>> course I just may be worrying over nothing.
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> You're still very confused. Semantically, there is no difference between
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>    type Mission_Time_Type is delta 1.0e-6 range 0.0 .. (2.0**32) - 1.0;
>    for Mission_Time_Type'Small use 1.0e-6;
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> and
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>    type Mission_Time_Type is delta 1.0e-6 digits 14;
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Why is there not a difference?  Won't the first actually use some negative 
power-of-2 as the delta?

REH