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From: Wilhelm Spickermann <zulo.20.unbenutzbar@spamgourmet.com>
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Subject: Re: Records that could be arrays
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Hi,

Justin Gombos wrote:

> I have set a rule for myself: Composite types composed solely
> of one type of element should be declared as arrays rather than
> records.
...
> Thoughts?

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_.

Wilhelm