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Subject: Re: shifting bits
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>  type Year_Type is range 1900 .. 2099;
>  for Year_Type'Size use 11;
  While Gnat 3.15p for Windows appears to do this automatic offsetting
(subtracting/adding 1900) it's not portable Ada - other compilers say
those values don't fit in 11 bits.