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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,31982f45a4d88565 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-29 06:34:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <3B12C9E0.5E9B06C8@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: A Record Interpretation of an Array Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 09:34:02 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 13:34:03 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7838 Date: 2001-05-29T13:34:03+00:00 List-Id: In article <3B12C9E0.5E9B06C8@earthlink.net>, Marc A. Criley says... >Is it reasonable to think this conversion (going either way) would give >sensible results? Is there a stronger basis for that answer than a >naive "reasonable to think"? In my book it is Wrong (with a capital 'W') to ever depend on the size and/or representation of a type without explicitly specifying it using the appropriate rep clauses. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com