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From: Brian Drummond <brian_drummond@btconnect.com>
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Subject: Re: How to put 200 into an integer sub-type of 16 bits (code
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:44:10 +0000
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:09:50 -0800 (PST), sjw <simon.j.wright@mac.com>
wrote:

>On Jan 14, 1:33�am, Brian Drummond <brian_drumm...@btconnect.com>
>wrote:
>
>> If you need to put 200 in an 8-bit type, why not use
>> Natural range 0 to 255?
>
>Natural range <whatever> has the same number of bits as Integer, which
>has to be at least 16 and is very likely to be 32 (or maybe 64 on a 64-
>bit machine).

OK, I mistakenly thought you could apply 'size to a subtype of natural.
Perhaps you can to a new type derived from it? I'll check later.

Otherwise your modular type suggestion is best.

>type Short is mod 256;
>for Short'Size use 8;  -- a confirming representation clause

- Brian