From: geert@gonzo.sun3.iaf.nl (Geert Bosch)
Subject: Re: Equality operator overloading in ADA 83
Date: 1997/04/27
Date: 1997-04-27T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5jvpom$smj$1@gonzo.sun3.iaf.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: E95y9L.AK1@world.std.com
Robert A Duff (bobduff@world.std.com) wrote:
``OK, but then if I redefine "<" on a scalar type, should ">="
change? After all, ">=" is (or could be) defined as "not <". ''
No, I don't think you can do that. For a program that finds all
anagrams of some text, I defined a "Signature" type. A signature
of a string is an (long) integer sized hash-value, that makes it
possible to efficiently implement the following partial ordering:
Given strings A and B with signatures SA and SB: when SA > SB,
then A is not a partial anagram of B; ie. A cannot be made with
the characters of B.
In this case SA > SB does not imply that SB < SA. Of course you
might argue that redefining comparison operators to implement a
type with partial ordering is a "bad thing". I think it makes the
program much more readable.
Regards,
Geert
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1997-04-21 0:00 Equality operator overloading in ADA 83 Manuel Wenger
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1997-05-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Geert Bosch [this message]
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Philip Brashear
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
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