From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Operators -> unit analysis
Date: 2000/01/07
Date: 2000-01-07T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <853lkg$tgj$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3874D0BE.82F04763@Raytheon.com
In article <3874D0BE.82F04763@Raytheon.com>,
"Samuel T. Harris" <samuel_t_harris@Raytheon.com> wrote:
> How about a representation clause which defines the precedence
> of a custom operator to that of another. Something like ...
>
> for "union"'precedence use "+";
> for "intersection"'precedence use "*";
>
> --
> Samuel T. Harris, Principal Engineer
> Raytheon, Aerospace Engineering Services
> "If you can make it, We can fake it!"
This is of course the Algol-68 approach, and I think even the
Algol-68 designers regard it as a horrible mistake. One should
only rely on precedence of operators where the precedence rules
are clear and obvious. This cannot be the case by definition
for user defined precedences.
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1999-12-23 0:00 Ada Brijesh
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ada tmoran
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ada Jon Jensen
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ada Greg Martin
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ada Roger Racine
1999-12-28 0:00 ` Ada Marin D. Condic
1999-12-31 0:00 ` Ada Richard D Riehle
2000-01-02 0:00 ` Ada Marin D. Condic
2000-01-02 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
2000-01-02 0:00 ` Ada Marin D. Condic
2000-01-03 0:00 ` Ada Ted Dennison
2000-01-03 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
2000-01-03 0:00 ` Ada Marin D. Condic
2000-01-03 0:00 ` Ada Roger Racine
2000-01-03 0:00 ` Ada Larry Kilgallen
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Charles Hixson
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Ada Magnus Alexandersson
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Ada Magnus Alexandersson
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Ada Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Ada Larry Kilgallen
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Ada Marin D. Condic
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Ada Magnus Alexandersson
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Ada Marin D. Condic
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ada reason67
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
2000-01-03 0:00 ` Ada Terry Sikes
2000-01-03 0:00 ` Ada Hyman Rosen
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Hyman Rosen
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Robert A Duff
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Hyman Rosen
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Richard D Riehle
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Hyman Rosen
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Robert A Duff
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Richard D Riehle
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Florian Weimer
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Brian Rogoff
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Hyman Rosen
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Terry Sikes
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Operators -> unit analysis Charles Hixson
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
2000-01-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-01-10 0:00 ` Operator precedence--was " Howard W. LUDWIG
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Terry Sikes
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Terry Sikes
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
2000-01-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-10 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
2000-01-10 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Terry Sikes
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Ada Terry Sikes
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Ada Al Christians
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Ada Terry Sikes
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
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