RM F 1 2 Decimal Radix Support (GNAT Reference Manual) (original) (raw)

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6.59 RM F.1(2): Decimal Radix Support ¶

“Packed decimal should be used as the internal representation for objects of subtype S when S’Machine_Radix = 10.”

Not followed. GNAT ignores S’Machine_Radix and always uses binary representations.