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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.224.4.202 with SMTP id 10mr200174qas.7.1391592659213; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 01:30:59 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.102.35 with SMTP id v32mr6973qge.26.1391592659159; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 01:30:59 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.bbs-scene.org!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!k15no12579300qaq.0!news-out.google.com!y18ni3751qap.1!nntp.google.com!f11no12605331qae.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 01:30:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=91.7.62.191; posting-account=rmHyLAoAAADSQmMWJF0a_815Fdd96RDf NNTP-Posting-Host: 91.7.62.191 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Kilogram constant defined in package System.Dim.Other_Prefixes (s-dmotpr.ads) From: AdaMagica Injection-Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 09:30:59 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:18388 Date: 2014-02-05T01:30:59-08:00 List-Id: This is a GNAT specific use of Ada's new attribute feature. It's a quite in= genious way to program with SI unit checking. Search for "GNAT and Dimensio= n Checking" in CLA for my original post. Alas there wasn't a lot of reactio= n. The method has substantially improved since, but still has some deficien= cies.