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Binary numbers

The declaration

        num : binary 2..0;
is exactly equivalent to
	num : array 2..0 of boolean;
except than in expressions, num will be treated as an unsigned binary number with three bits. The index of the least significant bit is 0 in this case, while the index of the most significant bit is 2. See the section on vectors and vector operators for a complete discussion of the treatment of binary numbers in expressions and assignments.



Ken McMillan
Sat Jun 6 21:41:59 PDT 1998