Re: Ranges and (non)static constraints

["Björn Persson" <spam-away@nowhere.nil>]

Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:

>> Well, I'll quibble with your names, here. �When God created the
>> integers, He didn't say they stop at 2**31-1 or 2**64 or whatever!
>> The term "integer" (or the abbreviation "int") ought to mean the true
>> unbounded integers. �Names like Unbounded_Integer and _universal_integer
>> are an abomination. �;-)
> 
> You may have a point, there. What do you think the Ada type Integer
> should be called, if Integer referred to Z?

How about Hardware_Integer, Machine_Integer or Efficient_Integer?

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