From: "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@baesystems.com>
Subject: Re: Dimensions and fixed point types
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 08:47:29 +0100
Date: 2004-06-09T08:47:29+01:00 [thread overview]
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"Duncan Sands" <baldrick@free.fr> wrote in message
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> Fixed point types have a remarkable property:
> you can multiply any two of them to get a third.
> You can multiply apples and oranges and get
> bananas. This goes against type safety.
[snip]
> function "*" (Left : Apples; Right : Oranges) return Banana;
> pragma Import (Intrinsic, "*");
I think this is being addressed by the ARG in AI-364
http://www.ada-auth.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/AIs/AI-00364.TXT?rev=1.6
Still a work item though...
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2004-06-09 7:11 Dimensions and fixed point types Duncan Sands
2004-06-09 7:47 ` Martin Dowie [this message]
2004-06-09 17:04 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-11 7:16 ` Duncan Sands
2004-06-11 7:12 ` Duncan Sands
2004-06-11 7:26 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-11 7:46 ` Duncan Sands
2004-06-11 17:47 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-11 19:10 ` Duncan Sands
2004-06-12 3:40 ` Robert I. Eachus
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