From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,5c1125c290d9dd14 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!feeder.erje.net!news.doubleslash.org!open-news-network.org!news.teledata-fn.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool4.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Subject: Re: ANN: Ada 2005 Math Extensions, 20100810 release Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de Organization: cbb software GmbH References: <82ocd8m826.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <82sk2ivwa7.fsf@stephe-leake.org> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:24:01 +0200 Message-ID: <9b04znr94b2i$.pxsxi24sc9zv.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Aug 2010 19:24:01 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: a9cb11a2.newsspool2.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=PKl7ZNh]I=O2jYf>V4L0gLA9EHlD;3YcB4Fo<]lROoRA8kFG6T`E>AF X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13293 Date: 2010-08-14T19:24:01+02:00 List-Id: On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:26:20 +0100, Simon Wright wrote: > Given that, the function taking Complex_Matrix and returning > Complex_Vector has "obviously" to be in a child of > Generic_Complex_Arrays. > > So I thought that the function taking Real_Matrix should be in a child > of Generic_Real_Arrays, in spite of the fact it returns a Complex_Vector. > > Clearly this is not the way Nature intended! Hmm, a complex valued function is complex to me. Consider exp(jwt). The argument is real t, the result is complex. Where does it belong? -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de