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On 04-Apr-14 14:43, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> (2) qualified expressions and prefix notation are your friend.

Yes!
There should be little to no aversion to using Some_Type'( XXX + YYY ); 
or whatever. Yes it's wordy, but it ALSO makes your intent explicit, 
saying to your future self, other developers, maintainers, etc "This is 
working with *this* particular type."