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@ 1985-08-30 14:33 ` mdavis
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From: mdavis @ 1985-08-30 14:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
Correction:
>As for compile-time constants (`universal numbers'): "The accuracy of
>the evaluation of [such numbers] is at least as good as that of the
>most accurate predefined floating point type...." [Ada RM 4.10/4]
The next sentence is more important: "Furthermore, if a universal expression
is a static expression (known at compile time), then the evaluation
must be exact." Some universal values are not known until runtime; these
are the values whose accuracy "... is at least as good as that of the
most accurate predefined floation point type" but need not be exact.
Mark Davis
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