From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,b335e59f3b68cea5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!nntp.TheWorld.com!not-for-mail From: Robert A Duff Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada_Programming/Types/delta Date: 11 May 2006 18:50:40 -0400 Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Message-ID: References: <13510777.LAsiQbKxBa@linux1.krischik.com> <1147376013.928071.10700@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell01.theworld.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: pcls4.std.com 1147387840 20966 192.74.137.71 (11 May 2006 22:50:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@TheWorld.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 22:50:40 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:4208 Date: 2006-05-11T18:50:40-04:00 List-Id: "REH" writes: > Somone should also fix the nomenclature. The article defines the two > types of fixed point types as "binary" and "decimal." I was informed > in this group that saying "binary" is incorrect and should be "normal." Yes, you're right. But I think the RM terminology is "ordinary" vs. "decimal". I think the confusion is due to the fact that for "ordinary" ones, the Small _defaults_ to binary. But you can override it with a Small clause that's decimal, or whatever else you like. If I ran the circus, Small would equal Delta, so there would be no need for Small as a separate concept. Having the compiler choose a Small different from the Delta just leads to confusion, IMHO. - Bob