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Subject: Re: Representation clauses and side-efects on STM32F411 ravenscar
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On 08/02/2015 01:59 AM, Frédéric Praca wrote:
> 
>    type Mantissa is range 0 .. 2**12 - 1 with Size => 12;
>    type Fraction is range 0 .. 2**4 - 1 with Size => 4;

Wouldn't modular types be better for these?

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