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From: "EtienneB" <etienne.baudin@wanadoo.fr>
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Subject: Re: Integer? float? confused...
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>          Sin_Result := Num - (Num ** 3) / 6 + (Num ** 5) / 120;
>          return Sin_Result;

Num - (Num ** 3) / 6 + (Num ** 5) / 120;
this expression is integer and your function must return float
    I advice you to change num type to float and to return

Num - (Num ** 3) / 6.0 + (Num ** 5) / 120.0;

But sin(x) is already defined in ada.numerics.aux
Voila
Etienne Baudin