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From: vestal@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Steve Vestal)
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Subject: Re: Numbers (was Re: Fast conversions)
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Date: 25 Sep 89 12:06:03 GMT
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In-reply-to: lindsay@MATHOM.GANDALF.CS.CMU.EDU's message of 23 Sep 89 19:55:25 GMT

>            type MILLVOLT is integer;
>            type VOLT is MILLIVOLT * 1000;
Perhaps
             type VOLT is delta 0.001 range {whatever};
             for VOLT'SMALL use 0.001;
will do what you want (MIL-STD-1815A 3.5.9 para 5, 13.2 (d)).