Re: assignments using different types

[pvanbell@cloud9.net (Paul Van Bellinghen)]

why are you re-casting variables that are already in the proper cast.
The only time you need to re-cast a variable into float is when the
variable is an integer.

On Tue, 28 Jan 1997 12:23:45 -0600, David Dessert <d-dessert@ti.com>
wrote:

>I have a question about readability and efficiency of assignments
>when using strict types in Ada83.  I'm using the TI-Tartan C40
>compiler, which has few Ada95 features.
>
>Example:
>   type Distance_Type is new float range 0.0 .. 1000.0;
>   type Time_Type is new float range 0.0 .. 10.0;
>   type Velocity_Type is new float;
>
>   Distance : Distance_Type := 100.0;
>   Time     : Time_Type     := 10.0;
>   Velocity : Velocity_Type;
>
>...
>
>   -- A difficult to read, but legal Ada assignment.
>   Velocity := Velocity_Type(float(Distance) / float(Time));
>
>
>Can anyone provide me with suggestions to improve the readability
>of the above assignment?  Of course, I'd like efficiency to be
>similar to that of using the same type for all the variables.