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From: dvdeug@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: non-consecutive ranges
Date: 1999/05/01
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In article <7gesqf$pfc$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
  Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
> That's actually quite a nice extension, which can be done as an
> attribute (and therefore is an "allowed" extension).
[...]
> Then Domain_Check would be called whenever a value of type Odd_Integer
> was modified. Another formulation would be
>
>   function Check (X : Odd_Integer) return Odd_Integer;
>
> which would have the opportunity of modifying the assigned value before
> the assignment.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Useful feature?
> Silly bell and whistle?

It's interesting. I think the second one is more useful, and if it existed, I
would probably use it at one point. But it is redundant with Ada's typing
system, and non-portable, so I'd head towards the bell and whistle side.

--
David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org

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