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On 02/17/2018 03:13 PM, hnptz@yahoo.de wrote:
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> Does a loop from 2..2**15 exceed the bounds of an integer type by one ? (see also 3.5.4(21)). If so, then Candidate should be become a Long_Integer type following 3.6(19). What may be wrong with this interpretation?

That's the minimum range required of the predefined type Integer. The actual 
range is implementation-defined and may be larger. I think the language would be 
better if it defined

type Integer is range -(2 ** 15) + 1 .. 2 ** 15 - 1;

and didn't have the optional Short_ and Long_ types.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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