From: Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: user-defined type conversion
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 11:35:40 +0200
Date: 2002-05-21T11:35:40+02:00 [thread overview]
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On 20 May 2002 12:26:06 -0700, 18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ) wrote:
>Yes, I understand now. But I think Ada should have been designed to
>first check for a user-defined type conversion before using a
>compiler-generated conversion. That would solve the ambiguity problem
>and allow users to create their own type/unit conversions with the
>same syntax as built-in type conversions. That, in turn, would allow
>developers to create simple and elegant type/unit system for each
>particular application.
In short Ada should support user-defined type conversions and apply
them implicitly. I.e. new [sub]types should be defined in terms of
type conversions rather than representation. That would be nice, but
it would require a complete language redesign.
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Regards,
Dmitry Kazakov
www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-19 7:44 user-defined type conversion Russ
2002-05-19 8:54 ` martin.m.dowie
2002-05-19 10:44 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2002-05-19 18:29 ` Russ
2002-05-19 20:58 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2002-05-19 21:12 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-21 9:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2002-05-19 19:01 ` sk
2002-05-20 3:33 ` Russ
2002-05-20 19:27 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-05-20 19:45 ` David C. Hoos
2002-05-19 21:17 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-20 3:25 ` Russ
2002-05-20 6:21 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-21 9:30 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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2002-05-20 19:26 ` Russ
2002-05-21 9:35 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2002-05-22 4:32 ` Russ
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