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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7a2d45f282a1da1c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-18 06:14:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Matthew Heaney" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3F3CCB0F.543478AF@adrianhoe.nospam.com.my> <3f405ef4$1_1@news.tm.net.my> Subject: Re: float with 24-bit resolution X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:14:47 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.110.133.134 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net 1061212487 65.110.133.134 (Mon, 18 Aug 2003 06:14:47 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 06:14:47 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41677 Date: 2003-08-18T13:14:47+00:00 List-Id: "Adrian Hoe" wrote in message news:3f405ef4$1_1@news.tm.net.my... > > But subtracting the value of Angle_Delta makes the code more > understandable, doesn't it? That translates to -360.0000000 .. +359.9999571. No, it does not. The practice of subtracting off T'Small from the upper bound in the type declaration is distracting, and only adds unecesssary noise. The language is the way it is, so don't fight it.