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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f127842852d2f03a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-11-20 18:57:23 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!europa.netcrusader.net!205.252.116.205!howland.erols.net!newshub2.home.com!news.home.com!news1.sttls1.wa.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Reply-To: "DuckE" From: "DuckE" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <8vb0h9$1ou$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8vbfds$dih$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Subject: Re: About conversions X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 02:57:20 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.6.221.63 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.sttls1.wa.home.com 974775440 24.6.221.63 (Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:57:20 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:57:20 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:2308 Date: 2000-11-21T02:57:20+00:00 List-Id: > 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