From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam@spam.com>
Subject: Re: 'Base
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:51:45 GMT
Date: 2005-12-08T19:51:45+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <l90mf.860$Tg2.12@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dn9uv5$nmu$1@nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>
Martin Dowie wrote:
>> type T'Base is -42 .. 42;
>
> It isn't -42 .. 42 but the 'First .. 'Last or the underlying integer
> representation. In this case (with ObjectAda) -2147483648 to 2147483647.
-42 .. 42 is the minimum range of the Base type, but since the base type for an
integer type typically maps to something supported by the hardware, this is an
unlikely representation.
I'm surprised ObjectAda uses 32 bits for this. GNAT 3.4.2 uses 8 bits (-128 .. 127).
--
Jeff Carter
"Why don't you bore a hole in yourself and let the sap run out?"
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2005-12-08 15:21 'Base ada_student
2005-12-08 18:08 ` 'Base Matthew Heaney
2005-12-08 18:44 ` 'Base Martin Dowie
2005-12-08 18:49 ` 'Base Martin Dowie
2005-12-08 19:24 ` 'Base Matthew Heaney
2005-12-08 20:27 ` 'Base Martin Dowie
2005-12-08 19:51 ` Jeffrey R. Carter [this message]
2005-12-08 20:07 ` 'Base Matthew Heaney
2005-12-09 2:57 ` 'Base Randy Brukardt
2005-12-09 2:13 ` Avoiding constraint checks w/ 'Base Anonymous Coward
2005-12-09 3:11 ` Randy Brukardt
2005-12-09 13:11 ` 'Base krischik
2005-12-09 13:52 ` 'Base Matthew Heaney
2005-12-09 20:42 ` 'Base Randy Brukardt
2005-12-08 19:11 ` 'Base Martin Krischik
2005-12-09 20:42 ` 'Base ada_student
2005-12-09 21:39 ` 'Base Pascal Obry
2005-12-10 3:30 ` 'Base Matthew Heaney
2005-12-10 14:50 ` 'Base ada_student
2005-12-10 7:52 ` 'Base Martin Krischik
2005-12-10 12:55 ` 'Base Larry Kilgallen
2005-12-10 13:37 ` 'Base Björn Persson
2005-12-11 11:00 ` 'Base Martin Krischik
2005-12-10 15:01 ` 'Base Robert A Duff
2005-12-11 10:59 ` 'Base Martin Krischik
2005-12-12 9:14 ` 'Base Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2005-12-12 19:08 ` 'Base Martin Krischik
2005-12-13 19:24 ` 'Base tmoran
2005-12-13 21:00 ` 'Base Georg Bauhaus
2005-12-14 19:43 ` 'Base Per Sandberg
2005-12-15 20:08 ` 'Base Martin Krischik
2005-12-16 19:19 ` 'Base Jeffrey R. Carter
2005-12-17 7:52 ` 'Base Martin Krischik
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