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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6e70c13232dc4a26 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: dsmith@clark.net (Doug Smith) Subject: Re: logarithms on ada Date: 1997/03/10 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 224491512 References: <5fcqrs$ius@panther.Gsu.EDU> <01bc28ca$126a6a40$46fd1fcc@p5120.bda> Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc. Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-03-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff) wrote: > In article , > Doug Smith wrote: > >This is a case where beginners have to understand generics and hunt through > >the LRM to find simple operations. Of course, I found it easily using > >WebAda's Surfing feature ... > > Well, maybe I'm old-fashioned, but there's a more traditional tool that > also works: look up "log" in the index of the RM, and it will point you > to the right place. ;-) > > - Bob I was referring to the predefined package that works on floats, which I think was part of the original question. The index refers to the two generic packages which contain the log operation. If that were all I knew, then I would instantiate the appropriate generic on float and missed the existing predefined package. Each to his own, I like to use both the on-line tools and the reference manual. When one fails, the other usually produces. Doug