Re: How can I qualify the predefined logical operations

[Mats Weber <Mats.Weber@elca-matrix.ch>]

Andreas Kalla wrote:

> What about this solution:
> 
>    function "And" (Left, Right: Private_Type) return Private_Type   is
> 
>      Ret_Value : Private_Type := ( others => false ) ;
> 
>    begin
> 
>         for i in Private_Type'range
>         loop
>             Ret_Value ( i ) := Left ( i ) and Right ( i ) ;
>         end loop ;
> 
>         return Ret_Value ;
> 
>    end ;

This is pretty bad because many compilers won't be able to optimize away the
loop. Using the predefined "and" gives you much better chances in terms of
efficiency, especially if the array type is packed.