Re: user-defined type conversion

[Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>]

Russ wrote:
> 
> type inches is new float;
> type feet is new float;
> 
> function inches ( arg: feet ) return inches is
>     begin
>     return inches ( 12.0 * float(feet) );
>     end inches;

Assuming you meant Arg rather than Feet in the return statement, it
appears that this function attempts infinite recursion. This confusion
among the multiple meanings of "inches" might be part of why the
language does not allow this.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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