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Subject: Re: Fixed-point question
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On 06/26/2015 06:20 AM, Patrick Noffke wrote:
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>    type Fixed_Type is delta 1.0 / 180.0 range 0.0 .. 65535.0 / 180.0;

What is Fixed_Type'Small?

>    C1 : constant Fixed_Type := Fixed_Type (N / D);

What is C1'Size?

If you really want to use multiples of 1/180, you probably want to do

Delta_And_Small : constant := 1.0 / 180.0;

type Fixed_Type is delta Delta_And_Small range 0.0 .. 65535.0 * Delta_And_Small;
for Fixed_Type'Small use Delta_And_Small;

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