Re: Kilogram constant defined in package System.Dim.Other_Prefixes (s-dmotpr.ads)

["Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr>]

Le Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:26:05 +0100, Anh Vo <anhvofrcaus@gmail.com> a écrit:

> The Kilogram constants defined in package System.Dim.Other_Prefixes  
> (s-dmotpr.ads) look different compared to others such as Meter,  
> Second,... In addition, the values do not match with names in the  
> comments on the right side. I would like to know why. By the way, the  
> Meter, Kilogram and Second constant are repeated here for easy  
> discussion.
>
>    --  SI prefixes for Meter
>
>    pragma Warnings (Off);
>    --  Turn off the all the dimension warnings
>
>    ym  : constant Length := 1.0E-24;  -- yocto
>    zm  : constant Length := 1.0E-21;  -- zepto
>    am  : constant Length := 1.0E-18;  -- atto
>    […]

Excuse me, is this GNAT specific? I can't find this in the RM. If this is  
in the RM, then I did not knew there was such a package in System.

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