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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a24:1002:: with SMTP id 2-v6mr18406854ity.4.1543254446736; Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:47:26 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:aca:c703:: with SMTP id x3mr462764oif.5.1543254446658; Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:47:26 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.gegeweb.eu!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.166.216.MISMATCH!q69no62182itb.0!news-out.google.com!y103-v6ni54ita.0!nntp.google.com!q69no62181itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:47:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=149.32.224.35; posting-account=Qh2kiQoAAADpCLlhT_KTYoGO8dU3n4I6 NNTP-Posting-Host: 149.32.224.35 References: <3e2acd57-a8c6-4e89-8d69-572cf4396aec@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: overloading operators From: Anh Vo Injection-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:47:26 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:54901 Date: 2018-11-26T09:47:26-08:00 List-Id: On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 12:18:06 AM UTC-8, briot.e...@gmail.com wrote: > > You can always say e.g. Ada.Numerics.Real_Arrays."*" (A, B) but it is > > rather clumsy compared to A * B! > > > The main use I have for that notation is in expression functions in specs, > since we try to avoid use clauses in specs. So for instance: > > function Greater (A, B : Some_Package.My_Type) return Some_Package.My_Type > is (Some_Package.">" (A, B)); What is wrong with "use type clause"? Anh Vo