Re: Type detection

[James Rogers <jimmaureenrogers@att.net>]

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"Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@comcast.net> wrote in
news:QoydncxqQenacg_d4p2dnA@comcast.com: 

> Bj�rn Persson wrote:
> 
>> For the special case of distinguishing integer types from enumeration
>> types, I've been thinking of using something like this...
> 
> I extended the idea a little further, but there is still some work to 
> do.  A character type is an enumeration type where at least one of the
> enumeration values is a character literal.  So the test for
> enumeration types could be extended with a loop.

The problem with all these tests is an assumption that there is one
integer type. None of these tests can distinguish from various 
integer types. They are only approximately good for determining 
whether a type is an enumeration type or has a value within the
range of Standard.Integer. In Ada this is not even close to type
identification. This is merely distinguishing between enumeration
and non-enumeration discrete types.

Jim Rogers