New content: add section on ordinary fixed-point types to Numerics - #1371
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Not approving because of check suppression misuse.
Add a comprehensive "Ordinary fixed-point types" section to the "Numerics" chapter of the "Advanced Ada" course.
Also: add admonition about fractional digits.
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Looks good. I particularly like the new Fine_Delta section, and avoiding the use of unsafe check suppression.
| types are sometimes called binary fixed-point types. | ||
| In contrast, an ordinary fixed-point type's *small* is a power of two by | ||
| default. However, unlike for decimal fixed-point types |mdash| which always | ||
| use a power of ten |mdash| this isn't mandatory: if we use the :ada:`Small` |
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Perhaps "if we use the Small aspect" => "by specifying the Small aspect" ?
Not a big deal.
| its parent type; the only constraint allowed in a subtype declaration is a | ||
| range constraint. Unlike derived types, subtype objects are directly | ||
| interchangeable with the parent type |mdash| no explicit conversion is needed. | ||
| its parent type; the only non-obsolescent constraint allowed in a subtype |
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It might be better to not mention obsolescent precision constraints at all. Whatever you think is best.
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