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A.5.4 Attributes of Fixed Point Types

Static Semantics

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The following representation-oriented attributes are defined for every subtype S of a fixed point type T
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S'Machine_Radix

Yields the radix of the hardware representation of the type T. The value of this attribute is of the type universal_integer.
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S'Machine_Rounds

Yields the value True if rounding is performed on inexact results of every predefined operation that yields a result of the type T; yields the value False otherwise. The value of this attribute is of the predefined type Boolean.
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S'Machine_Overflows

Yields the value True if overflow and divide-by-zero are detected and reported by raising Constraint_Error for every predefined operation that yields a result of the type T; yields the value False otherwise. The value of this attribute is of the predefined type Boolean. 

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