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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Question about ordinary fixed point types.
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Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:

> On 08/15/2010 05:46 PM, Peter C. Chapin wrote:
>>
>> Probably I should use extra digits in the definition of the range to
>> communicate my intentions to the compiler more precisely. Thus
>>
>> type Angle_Type is delta 0.0005 range -3.1415926535 .. 3.1415926535;
>
> Why not use Ada.Numerics.Pi?

We had a problem where a subcontractor had defined pi to be 3.14159
.. not quite good enough for a 32-bit Float.