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From: Peter Hermann <ica2ph@sinus.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
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Subject: Re: Logic Errors and Ada
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 10:28:47 +0000 (UTC)
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In comp.lang.ada Robert I. Eachus <rieachus@attbi.com> wrote:
> In actual practice I would be more likely to declare it to be a 
> fixed-point type with a declaration like:

> type Latitude is digits 8 delta 0.000001 range -90.0..90.0;

> or if I wanted to represent hundreths of a second exactly:

> type Latitude is delta 1.0/360000 range -90.0..90.0;
> for Latitude'Small use 1.0/360000;

thank you, Robert, for your excellent contribution:
you should have sent it a couple of years sooner   ;-)
OTOH, thanks to Ada it is quite easy to update my code 
http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/homes/ph/adapilotresources/basic_tools/coords.ads
for enhanced precision.
For storage reasons I could?should offer different types of precision.

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