From: mjmeie@ss5.magec.com (Mike Meier)
Subject: Re: C++ to Ada95, help please
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 12:28:13 GMT
Date: 1995-03-23T12:28:13+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <D5w7z1.8n5@ss3.magec.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: D5tIGu.Cn6@inmet.camb.inmet.com
Tucker Taft (stt@henning.camb.inmet.com) wrote:
: I believe GNAT supports a pragma "Unchecked_Union" (approximately) which
: is applied to a discriminated record to make it look like a C
: union.
: <snip>
: It is hoped that this pragma will become a defacto standard for Ada 95
: compilers that support interfacing to C.
: -Tucker Taft stt@inmet.com
: Intermetrics, Inc.
I hate to pick a bone with Tuck just after approval of Ada 95. But, if
he hopes this will become a defacto standard, why wasn't it just included
in the language definition?
Mike Meier
Magnavox Electronic Systems Company
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1995-03-20 8:06 C++ to Ada95, help please Simon Johnston
1995-03-21 23:27 ` Kevin F. Quinn
1995-03-22 5:07 ` Vladimir Vukicevic
1995-03-22 1:22 ` Tucker Taft
1995-03-22 11:38 ` Robb Nebbe
1995-03-23 12:28 ` Mike Meier [this message]
1995-03-23 18:31 ` Tucker Taft
1995-03-24 21:24 ` Robert Dewar
1995-03-27 14:58 ` Norman H. Cohen
1995-03-23 13:30 ` Robert Dewar
1995-03-23 18:01 ` Stephen A. Leake
1995-03-24 9:07 ` Vladimir Vukicevic
1995-03-25 10:02 ` Keith Thompson
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1995-03-08 7:54 Simon Johnston
1995-03-08 13:56 ` Robert A Duff
1995-03-09 21:23 ` Tucker Taft
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