Re: Fixed vs float and precision and conversions

["Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>]

Den 2020-07-08 kl. 20:36, skrev Dmitry A. Kazakov:
> On 08/07/2020 20:10, Björn Lundin wrote:
>> Den 2020-07-08 kl. 20:08, skrev Björn Lundin:
>>
>> The main reason for asking was to see if I got the whole concept
>> of fixed types wrong or not.
> 
> Fixed-point is conceptually a scaled integer. You should deal with it 
> accordingly. [It could be a bit surprising in Ada where conversion to 
> integer rounds. In most languages conversion to integer truncates]
> 
>> I did expect
>> 'You should do this or that one-liner' as Niklas proposed.
>> I did not get that to work though
> 
> What do you mean it does not work? Of course T'Round works for 
> fixed-point types. 

Yes, of course *that* works. But unfortuantly, it does not solve my problem.

As I replied to Niklas:
It is at least not certain that the number expressed in fixed_type is 
one of them in the array below.
And that is my real problem - I think.


-- 
Björn