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-Thread: 103376,16dbd7ecc6a3d50c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-rtr.nyroc.rr.com!news-out.nyroc.rr.com!twister.nyroc.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "REH" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <8KadnYXCB-5FKMLZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@megapath.net> Subject: Re: Ada decimal types X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 23:21:05 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.205.134.80 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.nyroc.rr.com 1147216865 69.205.134.80 (Tue, 09 May 2006 19:21:05 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 19:21:05 EDT Organization: Road Runner Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:4166 Date: 2006-05-09T23:21:05+00:00 List-Id: "Randy Brukardt" wrote in message news:8KadnYXCB-5FKMLZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@megapath.net... > > "REH" wrote in message > news:yj47g.23728$ZQ3.20636@twister.nyroc.rr.com... > ... > 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. > > You're still very confused. Semantically, there is no difference between > > 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; > > and > > type Mission_Time_Type is delta 1.0e-6 digits 14; > Why is there not a difference? Won't the first actually use some negative power-of-2 as the delta? REH