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In article <1995Aug15.212735.16308@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>, A.Main@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Zefram) writes
+ ....
+ In those cases, a pure number-of-bits
+ specification would leave one unsure of the exact limits of the type.
It depends on the meaning givven length in digits.  I like that with "d"
digits in base "b", all such "k" are alloud where
	0 <= k < b**d
for signless, and
	-b**d < 2k < b**d
for signd--you see my sign=bit-bias.
+ There's the capability to avoid some (fairly simple) experiment-program
+ trickery for some type specifications if this is permitted.

+ ....