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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Equality operator overloading in ADA 83
Date: 1997/04/24
Date: 1997-04-24T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.861864029@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 335CAEFE.35DC@elca-matrix.ch


<<> You the purchaser of a compiler should test to make sure Bounded_String
> works.  If the predefined equality is ever getting called, let your vendor
> know his product is broken.  Perhaps this should be an ACVC test, too
> (maybe it is already).>>

Is this right, I do not know of an AI that has been issued that requires
equality to compose on the Bounded_String type. Bob (Duff) isn't that
right -- we discussed it, but made no final decision as I remember.

GANT's behavior may note be what people want here, but I don't want
to change it, and encourage people to write incorrect code that
assumes that equality on bounded strings does compose, unless there
is an AI that requires this.

If there is an AI, please let me know (memory is not always trusty here :-)





  parent reply	other threads:[~1997-04-24  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 114+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-04-21  0:00 Equality operator overloading in ADA 83 Manuel Wenger
1997-04-22  0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-22  0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-04-22  0:00   ` Mark A Biggar
1997-04-24  0:00   ` Keith Thompson
1997-04-22  0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-22  0:00   ` Mats Weber
1997-04-22  0:00     ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-23  0:00       ` Mats Weber
1997-04-23  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25  0:00           ` Kevin Cline
1997-04-25  0:00             ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-25  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25  0:00                 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-04-27  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28  0:00                   ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-29  0:00                     ` Jon S Anthony
1997-04-26  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27  0:00                 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-27  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25  0:00             ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26  0:00               ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-22  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-22  0:00       ` Mats Weber
1997-04-22  0:00       ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-23  0:00         ` Mats Weber
1997-04-23  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24  0:00             ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-29  0:00             ` Mats Weber
1997-05-01  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-23  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-24  0:00             ` Mats Weber
1997-04-24  0:00               ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-25  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25  0:00                   ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-26  0:00                     ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25  0:00                   ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-26  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26  0:00                   ` Fergus Henderson
1997-04-26  0:00                     ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26  0:00                       ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-24  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26  0:00                     ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-26  0:00                       ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26  0:00                         ` Matthew Heaney
1997-05-02  0:00                           ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-04  0:00                             ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-05  0:00                               ` Mats Weber
1997-05-05  0:00                                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-06  0:00                                   ` Matthew Heaney
1997-05-06  0:00                                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-07  0:00                                     ` Tucker Taft
1997-05-05  0:00                               ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26  0:00                       ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27  0:00                           ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26  0:00                             ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28  0:00                               ` Simon Wright
1997-04-29  0:00                                 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-29  0:00                       ` Mats Weber
1997-05-01  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
     [not found]                           ` <01bc571c$01f3ffc0$5de2b8cd@p5120.bda>
1997-05-03  0:00                             ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27  0:00                       ` Fergus Henderson
1997-04-27  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28  0:00                           ` Fergus Henderson
1997-04-28  0:00                             ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25  0:00                 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-25  0:00                 ` Kevin Cline
1997-04-25  0:00                   ` Mats Weber
1997-04-27  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29  0:00                       ` Mats Weber
1997-04-25  0:00                   ` Mats Weber
1997-04-25  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29  0:00                       ` Mats Weber
1997-05-01  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-27  0:00                 ` Geert Bosch
1997-04-28  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29  0:00                 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-29  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-29  0:00                     ` Matthew Heaney
1997-05-02  0:00                       ` Tucker Taft
1997-05-02  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-02  0:00                           ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-03  0:00                             ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-01  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29  0:00                 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-05-01  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24  0:00     ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1997-04-24  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25  0:00           ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-26  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26  0:00                   ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-27  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-02  0:00                       ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-04  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26  0:00                   ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-27  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-22  0:00   ` Philip Brashear
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