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From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: Time_Span divide question
Date: 1997/05/16
Date: 1997-05-16T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <EAA8Ax.KIz@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 337BD41B.2FE1@mail.us.net


In article <337BD41B.2FE1@mail.us.net>,
Mark D. McKinney <mckmark@mail.us.net> wrote:
>>  D1 := 0.495;
>>  D2 := 0.500;

>To_Time_Span(D1) = Integer(D1) = 0
>To_Time_Span(D2) = Integer(D2) = 1

No, that's not right.  Time_Span is an integer count of Time_Span_Units,
which is less than or equal to 20 microseconds.  E.g. if Time_Span_Unit
= 0.000_010, then To_Time_Span(D2) will be approx 50_000
Time_Span_Units, which is half a second.

- Bob




  reply	other threads:[~1997-05-16  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <5lg555$rba3@castor.cca.rockwell.com>
1997-05-15  0:00 ` Time_Span divide question Mark D. McKinney
1997-05-16  0:00   ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1997-05-16  0:00   ` Stephen Leake
1997-05-19  0:00     ` Tucker Taft
1997-05-19  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-21  0:00         ` Kevin Radke
1997-05-25  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-27  0:00             ` Kevin Radke
1997-05-16  0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-05-19  0:00   ` Wayne
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