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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7be3870dd9c9518f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-16 11:53:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Reply-To: "James S. Rogers" From: "James S. Rogers" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3DFB7841.F898C02@t-online.de> <3DFB8495.A655C512@t-online.de> <616gta.hk3.ln@beastie.ix.netcom.com> <3DFC878D.B6966C37@t-online.de> <2a9jta.1p3.ln@beastie.ix.netcom.com> <3DFD38A7.6080204@acm.org> <3DFE1FFB.E1BB660E@t-online.de> Subject: Re: CONSTRAINT_ERROR - why? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 19:53:47 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.86.36.243 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1040068427 12.86.36.243 (Mon, 16 Dec 2002 19:53:47 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 19:53:47 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31912 Date: 2002-12-16T19:53:47+00:00 List-Id: "Alfred Hilscher" wrote in message news:3DFE1FFB.E1BB660E@t-online.de... > > > Jeffrey Carter schrieb: > > 'Size returns a universal integer, which is also the type of any integer > > literal or named number. > > So why is the computation not done with function "/" (a,b : > universal_integer) return BYTE ? Why is it done with function "/" (a,b : > BYTE) return BYTE ? This is because the only "/" function defined for the Byte type is function "/"(left, right : Byte) return Byte; Jim Rogers