Re: About conversions

["DuckE" <nospam_steved94@home.com>]

> It's really there to provide an easy explanation for what
> happens in the case of derived types. I think it's actually
> misguided, because although it makes the explanation of derived
> types easier, it introduces a bogus misleading feature into the
> language that is of very little practical use and which causes a
> lot of confusion, even among people who know Ada well!
>
> Robert Dewar
>

I've always thought of type conversions as equivalent to built in functions
for converting types.  Looks like I'll have to change my way of thinking.

Thanks,

SteveD