From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_40,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:915:: with SMTP id v21mr1543881qkv.449.1640171653232; Wed, 22 Dec 2021 03:14:13 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:a25:4156:: with SMTP id o83mr3487063yba.216.1640171653011; Wed, 22 Dec 2021 03:14:13 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.misty.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 03:14:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=94.31.100.23; posting-account=rmHyLAoAAADSQmMWJF0a_815Fdd96RDf NNTP-Posting-Host: 94.31.100.23 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <0bf093e6-c25b-4541-a5c0-5b840a2e4e06n@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Ada.Numerics.Big_Numbers.Big_Integer has a limit of 300 digits? From: AdaMagica Injection-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:14:13 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:63236 List-Id: There is a limit Bignum_Limit : constant := 200; in System.Generic_Bignums body, function Normalize, lines 1100ff. I do not see an implementation advice, implementation permission or implementation requirement about such limits in A.5.5, A.5.6. But there is somewhere in the RM a paragraph stating that implementation may pose limits on certain features. I just cannot find the place in the RM.