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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,18f7f6e041b3e0bf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-13 10:37:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!newspeer.cts.com!galanthis.cts.com!127.0.0.1.MISMATCH!not-for-mail Sender: kst@king.cts.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Information Systems Annex was RE: Dispatching and generics - language lawyer question References: From: Keith Thompson Date: 13 Aug 2002 10:37:44 -0700 Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.68.192.180 X-Trace: 1029260263 nntp.cts.com 51676 209.68.192.180 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27984 Date: 2002-08-13T10:37:44-07:00 List-Id: "Robert C. Leif" writes: [...] > I also believe that a way around the static requirement for Ada decimals > should be created. I still would like to use the slide-rule formula to > calculate the exponent. Would a pragma To_Static be possible? If you're talking about a fundamental change to the way certain types are implemented and represented, I don't think a pragma is the way to do it. Ada decimal types (as currently defined) are fixed-point types. Are you asking for decimal floating-point? -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst@cts.com San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> Schroedinger does Shakespeare: "To be *and* not to be"