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"Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@attbi.com> wrote in message
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>
> Okay, I'll complain. ;-)  You can declare the type as
>
>    type Probably_Gonna_Work_But_Language_Lawyers_Will_Complain_Type is
>
>           delta The_Delta range - 360.0 .. 360.0;
>
> but if you don't want to, you are much more likely to get exactly what
> you want, and have the users understand it as well, if you say:
>
>    The_Delta : constant := 720.0/2**24;
>
>    type Gonna_Work_And_Language_Lawyers_Will_Not_Complain_Type is
>           delta The_Delta range - 360.0 .. 360.0 - The_Delta;
>    for Gonna_Work_And_Language_Lawyers_Will_Not_Complain_Type'Size
>           use 24;

You didn't specify a value for T'Small.

And why on earth did you say 360 - The_Delta for T'Last???  360 should work
fine...