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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: Is it really Ok to assert that the Ada syntax is a context-free
	grammar ?
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Martin Krischik wrote:
> Jeffrey R. Carter schrieb:
> > X (Y) cannot represent a type cast because Ada does not have anything
> > called "type cast".
>
> Not quite, if you consider "type cast" is a unchecked bit pattern copy -
> so if you define:

Jeffrey is correct; it is not a "type cast", it is a "type conversion"
and there is no such thing as "Ada.Unchecked_Cast". Yes, this is nit-
picking; why would we choose Ada if we didn't care about details and
wording?

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Ludovic Brenta.