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From: Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Is it really Ok to assert that the Ada syntax is a context-free
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On 21 Lut, 20:24, Martin Krischik <krisc...@users.sourceforge.net>
wrote:

> (X)Y copy a bit pattern.

In Ada? No. In C or C++? Not always.

> reinterpret_cast <X>(Y) copies a bit pattern.

In C++? Not always. For example, if X is a reference type, then no
copying is involved - it is rather a "view conversion".
These conversions have ugly names for the same reasons as
Unchecked_XXX in Ada.

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