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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Dimensional Analysis
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 10:20:14 +0200
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On 2025-04-05 09:17, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> So what do you think of this idea? Is it already in use in a
> significant way in any Ada code? I figured if any language would be
> looking at new ways of writing safer code, it would be the Ada crowd.
> ;)

Static dimensionality checks are implemented by the GNAT compiler, see

https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gnat_ugn/Performing-Dimensionality-Analysis-in-GNAT.html

For engineering purposes static checks are worthless. So in practice 
constrained types and dynamic checks are used instead. See

https://www.dmitry-kazakov.de/ada/units.htm

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de