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From: Olivier Scalbert <olivier.scalbert@algosyn.com>
Subject: Re: Question on types conversions - operations
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:30:17 +0200
Date: 2009-06-15T11:30:17+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4a3614a9$0$2855$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6e151h.kgc.ln@hunter.axlog.fr>

Jean-Pierre Rosen wrote:
> sjw a �crit :
>>> With S := Speed(Float(L) / Float(T)) ? Mmmm ... not nice.
>>>
> Why not nice? You are performing (for good reasons) a non homogenous
> operation. Therefore you go to the no-dimension world (convert to
> Float), do your operation there, then return to the dimensioned world
> (convert to Speed).
> 

Agree !

I thought it was not nice, because if I change the three types
  Length, Time and Speed from Float to My_Float, then I have to modify:
S := Speed(My_Float(L) / My_Float(T))



  reply	other threads:[~2009-06-15  9:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-13 15:51 Question on types conversions - operations Olivier Scalbert
2009-06-13 16:13 ` Robert Matthews
2009-06-13 16:55 ` anon
2009-06-13 16:58 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2009-06-13 16:59 ` sjw
2009-06-13 17:24   ` Martin
2009-06-13 19:35     ` sjw
2009-06-14  8:22     ` sjw
2009-06-15  8:40   ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2009-06-15  9:30     ` Olivier Scalbert [this message]
2009-06-15  9:51       ` stefan-lucks
2009-06-15 10:33     ` AdaMagica
2009-06-15 19:37     ` sjw
2009-06-13 19:56 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2009-06-14 15:55   ` Robert A Duff
2009-06-15  8:52 ` AdaMagica
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