From: Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>
Subject: Re: user-defined type conversion
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 21:12:56 GMT
Date: 2002-05-19T21:12:56+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CE8154B.E28B7880@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: bebbba07.0205191029.5db25d0@posting.google.com
Russ wrote:
>
> "David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> wrote in message news:<mailman.1021805103.320.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>...
> > No, because a type conversion has the same syntax as a function, so
> > there's no way to "read the programmer's mind," as to what he intended.
>
> Type conversion IS a function!
Are you sure? Given
type Real is new Float;
F : Float;
R : Real;
a statement such as
R := Real (F);
probably has no code generated for the type conversion. No function
call, no inline expansion, nothing.
--
Jeff Carter
"You empty-headed animal-food-trough wiper."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-19 7:44 user-defined type conversion Russ
2002-05-19 8:54 ` martin.m.dowie
2002-05-19 10:44 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2002-05-19 18:29 ` Russ
2002-05-19 20:58 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2002-05-19 21:12 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2002-05-21 9:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2002-05-19 19:01 ` sk
2002-05-20 3:33 ` Russ
2002-05-20 19:27 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-05-20 19:45 ` David C. Hoos
2002-05-19 21:17 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-20 3:25 ` Russ
2002-05-20 6:21 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-21 9:30 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
[not found] ` <mailman.1021892102.6644.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>
2002-05-20 19:26 ` Russ
2002-05-21 9:35 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2002-05-22 4:32 ` Russ
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