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From: "David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>
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Subject: Re: user-defined type conversion
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 05:44:00 -0500
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ" <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com>
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Sent: May 19, 2002 2:44 AM
Subject: user-defined type conversion


<snip>
 The problem is that I am not allowed to use the name inches for the
> conversion function because it is already used for the type name. It
> seems that the name should be overloadable for both the type and the
> conversion function. Is there any way around this?

No, because a type conversion has the same syntax as a function, so
there's no way to "read the programmer's mind," as to what he intended.

The ususl way to do this is to name the conversion function with a
leading "To_", e.g., To_Inches.