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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00, HK_RANDOM_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ffc9e2fe760c58fd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trnddc04.POSTED!20ae255c!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Justin Gombos Subject: Re: Records that could be arrays References: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:20:53 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.149.87.138 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: trnddc04 1140700853 141.149.87.138 (Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:20:53 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:20:53 EST Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3104 Date: 2006-02-23T13:20:53+00:00 List-Id: On 2006-02-23, Wilhelm Spickermann wrote: > > I think it depends on the meaning of "type". The three floating > point numbers in a polar coordinate system are of three > different _kinds_ and should be put into a record and not into > an array -- even if they have the same _type_. Why? -- PM instructions: do a C4esar Ciph3r on my address; retain punctuation.