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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Typing in Ada
Date: 31 May 2004 22:27:56 -0600
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In article <9ZRuc.8410$hB2.7017@nwrdny03.gnilink.net>, Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:
> Nick Roberts wrote:
>  > That is to say that in most Ada
>> programs it is typical to have constructions such as:
>>    type Apples is range 0..100;
>>    type Oranges is range 0..200;
> 
> Is it really? The very fact that you have named these types as
> you did suggests that the appplicability of ranged types is quite
> limited. In a real program that does something useful, what kinds
> of things do you want to count up to 100 but not to 101? To 200
> but not to 201? Can you give examples from some of your real code?

Apples and Oranges are typically used in discussions, but limiting
the range from 0 to 101 is quite common if you are counting votes
in the US Senate.  Or 0 to 100 and treat the tiebreaker situation
like the special case that it is.

A count of 0 to 435 (437?) House votes likewise has limited range,
and there is no situation in which the two are to be added (unlike
the corresponding Massachusetts State Government votes).