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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fd63afa4dc364b7e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-27 15:41:22 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!hub.org!hub.org!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!howland.erols.net!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!newsmst01!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr16.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <98m938$2iod0$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de><98pgs1$32up7$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de><98umc6$39coj$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de><3ABFFD67.6EBDA7B@votehere.net> Subject: Re: Static typing (Was Re: Better support for garbage collection) Organization: ex-FlashNet, now Prodigy X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.67.100.72 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr16.news.prodigy.com 985736177 6207069 65.67.100.72 (Tue, 27 Mar 2001 18:36:17 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 18:36:17 EST Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:36:17 GMT Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6146 Date: 2001-03-27T23:36:17+00:00 List-Id: "Robert A Duff" wrote in message news:wcc3dbze1ff.fsf@world.std.com... : "Ken Garlington" writes: : : > True. The more correct notation would be 0.1E0 (or, some would probably : > argue, 1.0E-1). This would certainly make it easier to tell whether the : > number was intended to be fixed-point or floating point. : : The "E" notation is legal for floating point, fixed point, and integer : literals. Are you saying it should only be allowed for floating point?! I'm saying that if Ada did require the form .E for a floating-point literal per the dictionary definition of the term, and reject . as a floating-point literal as well as (as it does now), then the user could indicate whether a floating-point literal was really intended. However, I doubt the benefits would be sufficient for users to go along with this idea (I know I wouldn't). http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=floating-point : : - Bob