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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com>
Subject: Re: Integer'Class
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 00:52:29 GMT
Date: 2004-10-05T00:52:29+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <hfm8d.2844$UP1.1203@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cjsoqg$re7$04$1@news.t-online.com>

Rick Santa-Cruz wrote:

> Why can't I use: Integer'Class, but I can derive a new class from
> Integer in writing:
> type New_Int is new Integer range 1..100;
> 
> Isn't this unlogical? Or have I missunderstand something completly?

It is inconsistent. 'Class only applies to tagged types.

This is compounded further by the discussion of type classes, such as 
the class of integer types, floating-point types, and so on. 'Class was 
introduced in Ada 95 to allow OOP; type classes existed in Ada 83.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"You tiny-brained wipers of other people's bottoms!"
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-10-05  0:10 Integer'Class Rick Santa-Cruz
2004-10-05  0:52 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2004-10-05  1:00   ` Integer'Class Rick Santa-Cruz
2004-10-05 19:45     ` Integer'Class Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-05  7:16 ` Integer'Class Martin Krischik
2004-10-05 19:49   ` Integer'Class Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-05  8:45 ` Integer'Class Dmitry A. Kazakov
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2004-10-05  7:35 Integer'Class Christoph Karl Walter Grein
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