Re: Looking for Ada Technique Name and References

[nahaj@u.cc.utah.edu (John Halleck)]

:  >   The technique in question is turning the what is normally written
:  >   as two function calls  (More or less:)
:  >       "*" (Transpose (A), B)
:  >   into a type mark and a single function call to a special function
:  >   that can handle it all more effeciently.


: [...]

: In this case it is combination of object type marking (or view conversion
: or type cast  - there are several terns for that )  with procedure
: overloading.
: Such view  conversion  in  some other systems  called simply as
: "object logical view "  and this object is treated differently depending on
: it's  current  logical view.

: You have an matrix object and you mark it as transpose so that language
: can choose appropriate  procedure  to handle matrix object  according
: to it's  current view (or mark) .

  Thank you...   You've given the best response to date, and you clearly
  understand what is intended.

: In real life many things are done the same way but this happens without
: paying special attention to that.

  The reason for the original question is a matter of documentation.
  It helps (in my opinion) if one has other places one can point
  people if you use an unfamiliar technique.

: Regards,
: Vladimir Olensky

  Thank you for your thoughtfull post.