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Subject: Re: Fixed vs float and precision and conversions
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Den 2020-07-07 kl. 23:30, skrev Niklas Holsti:

> 
> According to RM 4.6(31), conversion to a decimal fixed-point type does 
> not round, but truncates toward zero if the operand is not a multiple of 
> the "small" of the target type, which is usually the case here if Floats 
> are base-two.
> 
> You should perhaps change the conversion (Target := Fixed_Type(Tmp)) to 
> round, by doing Target := Fixed_Point'Round (Tmp).
> 
> Note, I haven't tried it.

Ok - nice idea. I'll try it, thanks.



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Björn