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From: Mark Johnson <mark_h_johnson@raytheon.com>
> PS: I don't generally recommend this solution because many use it to
> excess. Try...
>   with Unchecked_Conversion;
>   function "+" is new Unchecked_Conversion(Integer, Mod_Type);
> Then your example assignment will be...
>   Y := +X;
> The abuse comes from using this method for all sorts of type
> conversions, avoiding type safety, etc.

Did you really observe much abuse? This affords so much more wording than a 
simple type conversion, so why should someone abuse it?