[vhdl-200x-ft] binary representation of "real"

I have a basic problem of implimenting these.

Look at the following number:

11011.1100 (using the "." as a seperator)

as an Unsigned fixed number, this means 27.75
as a singed fixed point number, this means a negative 2s compliment
number.
as a floating point number, this is -1.75 * 2**4

I would propose that we put these into the fixed and floating
point packages. That way there will be no question on what
this means.

We do need a way to read and write reals, as long as they are
expressed as reals.

> 3)
>
> procedure HREAD (L: inout LINE; VALUE: out REAL; GOOD : out BOOLEAN);
> procedure HREAD (L: inout LINE; VALUE: out REAL);
> procedure HWRITE (L: inout LINE; VALUE: in REAL;
> JUSTIFIED: in SIDE := RIGHT; FIELD:in WIDTH := 0);
> procedure OREAD (L: inout LINE; VALUE: out REAL; GOOD : out BOOLEAN);
> procedure OREAD (L: inout LINE; VALUE: out REAL);
> procedure BREAD (L: inout LINE; VALUE: out REAL; GOOD : out BOOLEAN);
> procedure BREAD (L: inout LINE; VALUE: out REAL);
> procedure BWRITE (L: inout LINE; VALUE: in REAL;
> JUSTIFIED: in SIDE := RIGHT; FIELD:in WIDTH := 0);
> procedure DREAD (L: inout LINE; VALUE: out REAL; GOOD : out BOOLEAN);
> procedure DREAD (L: inout LINE; VALUE: out REAL);
> procedure DWRITE (L: inout LINE; VALUE: in REAL;
> JUSTIFIED: in SIDE := RIGHT; FIELD:in WIDTH := 0);

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NAME:     David W. Bishop           INTERNET: dbishop@vhdl.org