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@@ -717,13 +717,13 @@ represent the standard Boolean type, that is so defined:
As mentioned previously, every "built-in" type in Ada is defined with facilities
generally available to the user.
Decimal types
-------------
Floating-point and fixed-point types
------------------------------------
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Floating-point types
--------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As in most languages, Ada support floating-point types. The default
floating-point type is ``Float``:
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ requirement is met, we can define custom floating-point types, as we will
see in the next section.
Precision of floating-point types
---------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ada allows for specifying the exact precision required for a
floating-point type. The precision is expressed in terms of decimal
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ As expected, the application will display the variables according to
specified precision (1.00E+00 and 1.00010000000000000E+00).
Range of floating-point types
-----------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ranges can also be specified floating-point types. The syntax is similar
to the one used for integer data types --- using the ``range`` keyword.
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ In this example, we are defining a type called ``T6_Inv_Trig``, which has
a range from ``-Pi/2`` to ``Pi/2`` with a minimum precision of 6 digits.
Decimal fixed-point types
-------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In addition to specifying the least required precision of a floating-point
type, it is also possible to go one step further and specify the exact
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ smallest value is 0.001, the actual value stored in variable ``A`` is
zero.
Fixed-point types
-----------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ordinary fixed-point types are similar to decimal fixed-point types.
The difference between them is in the definition of the smallest