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From: "Luke Guest" <lguest@bubball.com>
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Subject: Re: Overloading procedures with Float and Long_Float types
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 14:05:27 -0000
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> >Translate is another st of overloaded functions with the same signature
as
> >Vertex;
> >
> > procedure Translate(X, Y, Z : in GLdouble);
> > procedure Translate(X, Y, Z : in GLfloat);
> >
> >It's just that I've 3 Translate calls and about 40 Vertex calls in my
test
> >program.
>
> This is only possible if you are using literals:
>
>    Translate (1.0, 1.0, 1.0);  -- This is ambiguous
>
> The compiler does not knwo which kind of Float you mean.
>
>    Translate (GLfloat (1.0), 1.0, 1.0); -- This is OK
>
> Now the compiler has a hint.

It seems that Outlook Express crap, didn't send my last reply *sigh*

It's a shame that you would have to type GLfloat(1.0) to give the compiler a
hint, is there some float notation that can differentitate bewteen FLoat's
and Long_Float's?

Basically, it just seems to be wasting a good opportunity for overloading
here.

Thanks,
Luke.