From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3d6ef988ec3a5ef7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous) Subject: Re: renaming Interfaces.Java.Ada_To_Java_String to the + operator Date: 1998/01/14 Message-ID: <199801141508.QAA07839@basement.replay.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 315868391 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: X-001: Replay may or may not approve of the content of this posting X-002: Report misuse of this automated service to X-URL: http://www.replay.com/remailer/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Replay Associates, L.L.P. Mail-To-News-Contact: postmaster@nym.alias.net Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-01-14T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: <01bd1e34$1632c2c0$24326489@Westley-PC.calspan.com> <01bd1ebc$3bb2cb20$20f382c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com> Robert Dewar presents some good reasons to use "+" for conversion operators, and my experience with large systems presents some good reasons not to. I'm still undecided, and welcome further arguments from either side (or the middle). What I would like to see is the ability to use the type name for conversion operations. I realize I did not submit a revision request for this, so I have only myself to blame. Then user-defined conversions would be the same as predefined conversions: I : Integer := Get; F : Float := Float (I); -- Predefined conversion uses type name type George is ...; type Martha is ...; function George (Value : Martha) return George; M : Martha := Get; G : George := George (Martha); Jeff Carter PGP:1024/440FBE21 My real e-mail address: ( carter @ innocon . com ) "I blow my nose on you." Monty Python & the Holy Grail Posted with Spam Hater - see http://www.compulink.co.uk/~net-services/spam/