From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: Equality operator overloading in ADA 83
Date: 1997/04/23
Date: 1997-04-23T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E93v4u.DG1@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 335E0B1F.12C9@elca-matrix.ch
In article <335E0B1F.12C9@elca-matrix.ch>,
Mats Weber <Mats.Weber@elca-matrix.ch> wrote:
>> Composability should always be guaranteed by user-defined types, too.
>
>There seems to be much disagreement on this question for all kinds of
>reasons. But I agree with you 100%.
I think I agree that "=" should compose, in the sense that composite
types call the user-defined "=" of their components, and the predefined
"=" doesn't "re-emerge" in generics. But how far do you think we should
carry this? E.g. if "=" is redefined for a scalar type, does that
affect case statements on that type? After all, case stms check the
case expression for equality with some values. What about operators
other than "="? If "/" is redefined for an integer type, should
Text_IO.Integer_IO know about it? It might well make Put(some-integer)
do the "wrong" thing, since the generic might need to divide by 10.
If I redefine "<" on a scalar type, should "<" on an array-of-that-type
call it?
- Bob
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1997-04-21 0:00 Equality operator overloading in ADA 83 Manuel Wenger
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Philip Brashear
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1997-05-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Geert Bosch
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-05-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-23 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-29 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-04-22 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1997-04-24 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
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