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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Interpretation of extensions different from Unix/Linux?
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<stefan-lucks@see-the.signature> wrote in message 
news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0908190604510.3835@medsec1.medien.uni-weimar.de...
>> I think Dmitry's point is that he'd rather always see explicit 
>> conversions.
>> The problem is that they don't work well -- exhibit A is unbounded 
>> strings.
>> That's especially true for the use-adverse like me. [...]
>
> How about "use type"?
>
> Then call an appropriately defined operator, such as the unary "+" or
> the binary "&":

We tried to add a unary "+" for this purpose in Ada 2005, but there are 
enough people who think the idea is "ugly" to prevent a consensus. 
Similarly, there was a proposal way back in the Ada 83 days to add a an 
operator "@" specifically for this conversion purpose, but there hasn't been 
enough support for that, either. (In part, because some people claim that is 
the purpose of "+"! Great way to get to an impass!) I'd be happy with 
either, but I don't think there is much chance of either happening in the 
near future.

                                            Randy.