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From: Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>
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Subject: Re: access & address
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:17:26 +0200
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Marc A. Criley wrote:

> "Xenos" <dont.spam.me@spamhate.com> wrote:
>>
>> "Martin Krischik" <krischik@users.sourceforge.net> wrote in message
>> news:1347924.5V7QhTSfdI@linux1.krischik.com...
>> > Unlike C/C++ where you can't switch type safety on even when you
>> desperately
>> > need it.
>> >
>> You obviously know nothing about C++ then.
> 
> Despite years now of professional programming with C++, I must've missed
> the compiler option that tells the compiler to verify that scalar types
> are not being confused.
 
> Don't tell me I can write a class to make this check, no one writes
> classes
> to keep track of item counts.

Actually I did! An Ada::Range template.

Most used type is "Ada::Natural" since most C++ programmers can't even get
int and unsigned right and sadly they do write libraries I have to use.

There is of corse a weekness:

typedef Ada::Range<int, 1, 12> Month;
typedef Ada::Range<int, 1, 12> US_Hours;

And please: I know I could use classes. But that is just another ugly hack!
And why must save and secure be an ugly hack?

With Regards

Martin

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