From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Question about base types
Date: 1997/02/08
Date: 1997-02-08T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.855436075@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 32FB5B4A.1B95@elca-matrix.ch
Mats said
<<True. But if you know that you are going to need larger intermediate
results, then I think it is wiser to declare
type Real_Base is digits 7;
subtype Real is Real_Base range 0.0 .. 1.0;
>>
Mats, you are confused, the base type (and hence the range of intermediate
results) is always unconstrained, so that if you write:
subtype Real is digits 7 range 0.0 .. 1.0;
as in the original result, you will still get an unconstrained 7 digit
base type.
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-01-26 0:00 Question about base types Matthew Heaney
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
[not found] ` <EACHUS.97Feb3221558@spectre.mitre.org>
[not found] ` <dewar.855063927@merv>
[not found] ` <EACHUS.97Feb6145918@spectre.mitre.org>
[not found] ` <dewar.855276722@merv>
1997-02-07 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-02-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1997-02-10 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-02-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <32FB45D4.2160@watson.ibm.com>
1997-02-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-02-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-02-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-10 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-02-11 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-02-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-01-28 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
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