From: "Theodore E. Dennison" <dennison@escmail.mmc.orl.com>
Subject: Re: Assignment of limited private types...
Date: 30 Jan 1995 18:50:41 GMT
Date: 1995-01-30T18:50:41+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3gjce1$1he@theopolis.orl.mmc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: D30u73.5oA@dcs.gla.ac.uk
stevem@dcs.gla.ac.uk (Steve McGowan) wrote:
>
> I'd like to pass in a 'file_type' identifier into a task, make a local
> copy of this identifier within the task, and then write text to this
> file stream inside the task.
>
> But I cannot do this since 'file_type' is limited private.
>
> Any ideas how I can pass in this identifier, and to write to it
> locally?
>
The reason people make types "limited private" is so users CAN'T
make local copies of the objects. If the designer wanted you to
be able to make copies of file_type objects, she would have made
the type "private".
If for some reason you HAVE to make a copy, you could use an
unchecked_conversion, but DO NOT DO THIS! Odds are very high that
you will not get the results you desire. Try something else.
T.E.D.
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1995-01-26 16:37 Assignment of limited private types Steve McGowan
1995-01-30 18:50 ` Theodore E. Dennison [this message]
1995-01-31 1:05 ` Henry Baker
1995-02-01 12:29 ` Robert Dewar
1995-02-07 2:23 ` Adam Beneschan
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1995-01-31 2:35 tmoran
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