From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 21:06:05 +0100
Date: 2003-03-25T21:06:05+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b5qcnq$2bshmf$1@ID-77047.news.dfncis.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m91ga.5486$kU.3292@nwrdny01.gnilink.net
Frank J. Lhota wrote:
> I wish that we had the following functions defined in the Standard
> package:
>
> function Pred( X : Integer ) return Integer;
> function Max( X, Y : Integer ) return Integer;
> -- etc.
>
> This would allow the programmer to re-define any of these attributes for
> types derived from Integer (or other predefined types).
True, but it is a very long way to go. For example, to have 'Max
dispatching, you would immediately need true multiple dispatch - it has two
parameters!
--
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-14 17:22 Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery Robert C. Leif
2003-03-14 17:57 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-03-14 18:16 ` chris.danx
2003-03-14 18:17 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-15 14:18 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-16 1:06 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-18 10:37 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-18 15:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-19 11:12 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-20 8:42 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-20 14:27 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-21 8:44 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-21 17:16 ` Pascal Obry
2003-03-22 9:05 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-22 14:11 ` Pascal Obry
2003-03-22 23:12 ` AG
2003-03-23 9:01 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-23 8:51 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-24 16:52 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-24 18:10 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-24 18:33 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-25 5:04 ` Amir Yantimirov
2003-03-25 19:55 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-25 20:22 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-26 13:02 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-26 15:06 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-26 16:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-26 17:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-26 18:21 ` Bill Findlay
2003-03-26 18:40 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-22 10:01 ` Amir Yantimirov
2003-03-23 8:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-24 4:53 ` Amir Yantimirov
2003-03-24 18:10 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-25 5:48 ` Amir Yantimirov
2003-03-25 15:53 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-25 16:44 ` Robert A Duff
2003-03-25 18:24 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-25 20:06 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2003-03-27 19:45 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-27 21:25 ` Pascal Obry
2003-03-28 13:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-04-01 14:38 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-04-02 7:37 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-26 7:48 ` Amir Yantimirov
2003-03-26 13:35 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-26 7:32 ` Amir Yantimirov
2003-03-20 23:28 ` Matthew Heaney
2003-03-21 8:49 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-21 21:07 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-22 9:04 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-22 10:05 ` AG
2003-03-22 15:25 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-22 19:27 ` AG
2003-03-22 21:45 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-03-22 22:28 ` AG
2003-03-23 23:47 ` Robert A Duff
2003-03-28 16:34 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-18 15:58 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-19 11:05 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-23 11:31 ` Florian Weimer
2003-03-23 23:39 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-15 12:52 ` Florian Weimer
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