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From: "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@baesystems.com>
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Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:30:00 +0100
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Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> Positive is a subtype of Integer. Integer is a "subtype" of
> Universal_Integer. Conversion from the base to its subtype may raise
> Constraint_Error. Wide_Character and Character are related in exactly
> same manner as Integer and Positive.

Why do you say that? Positive is defined in package "Standard" as a subtype.
Wide_Character and Character are defined in package "Standard" as difference
"type"-s.

-- Martin