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-- --
-- GNAT RUNTIME COMPONENTS --
-- --
-- S Y S T E M . M A N T I S S A --
-- --
-- B o d y --
-- --
-- $Revision: 1.2 $ --
-- --
-- Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
-- --
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-- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
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-- --
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package body System.Mantissa is
--------------------
-- Mantissa_Value --
--------------------
function Mantissa_Value (First, Last : Integer) return Natural is
Result : Natural := 0;
Val : Integer := Integer'Max (abs First - 1, abs Last);
-- Note: First-1 allows for twos complement largest neg number
begin
while Val /= 0 loop
Val := Val / 2;
Result := Result + 1;
end loop;
return Result;
end Mantissa_Value;
end System.Mantissa;