From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Array of Variant Records Question...
Date: 1999/09/09
Date: 1999-09-09T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7r8t21$ov5$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 37d7c116@news1.prserv.net
In article <37d7c116@news1.prserv.net>,
"Matthew Heaney" <matthew_heaney@acm.org> wrote:
> 1) access constant params
no comment, not exciting ...>
> 2) the ability to cast away const w/o using
Sys.Addr_To_Acc_Convs
Sorry, no idea what this means
> 3) types whose full view is limited should be implicitly
aliased, just like for tagged types
This sounds distinctly NOT upwards compatible since it may
change representations
> 4) implicit conversion of an access param to a named access
type
>
> 5) implicit conversion of a specific access type to an access
type that
> designates an ancestor that is class-wide
Personally I don't like to add any implicit conversions, but
I think there is some sentiment for additions along these lines.
> 6) the ability to invoke a constructor/initializer for limited
types in the
> declarative region
sorry, I do not know what you mean here, and I certainly
do not know what a constructor is, example would be useful.
> 7) downward closures
discussed to death already, not worth discussing further ...
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Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-09-08 0:00 Array of Variant Records Question Bruce Detter
1999-09-08 0:00 ` Thank you Bruce Detter
1999-09-08 0:00 ` Martin C. Carlisle
1999-09-08 0:00 ` Array of Variant Records Question Matthew Heaney
1999-09-08 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-09-08 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1999-09-09 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-09-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-10 0:00 ` Mark Lundquist
1999-09-10 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-11 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-09-14 0:00 ` "cast away const" (was Re: Array of Variant Records Question...) Mark Lundquist
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1999-09-22 0:00 ` Array of Variant Records Question Robert I. Eachus
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-09-22 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-09-10 0:00 ` Mark Lundquist
1999-09-10 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-11 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Mark Lundquist
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1999-09-22 0:00 ` 'constant functions' and access constant params (was Re: Array of Variant Records Question...) Richard D Riehle
1999-09-22 0:00 ` Mark Lundquist
1999-09-22 0:00 ` Mark Lundquist
1999-09-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-22 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-09-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Vincent Marciante
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-24 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-09-25 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-27 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-09-27 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-09-27 0:00 ` David Kristola
1999-09-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-27 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-09-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-28 0:00 ` "Competence" (was: 'constant functions' and access constant params) Ted Dennison
1999-09-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-28 0:00 ` 'constant functions' and access constant params (was Re: Array of Variant Records Question...) Robert Dewar
1999-09-28 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-09-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-09-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <wccemfxn15s.fsf@world.std.com>
1999-09-22 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-09-10 0:00 ` Proposed Ada features " Mark Lundquist
1999-09-10 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-10 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-09-09 0:00 ` Array of Variant Records Question Matthew Heaney
1999-09-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-09 0:00 ` Mark Lundquist
1999-09-09 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-09-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-09 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-09-10 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-09-08 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-09-08 0:00 ` Martin C. Carlisle
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