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From: Duncan Sands <baldrick@free.fr>
To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org
Cc: "Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Dimensions and fixed point types
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:16:26 +0200
Date: 2004-06-11T09:16:26+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <mailman.91.1086938192.391.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <hfSdnb_y5tGc3lrdRVn_iw@comcast.com>

Hi Robert,

> So to go back to Duncan's original complaint add:
> 
> function "*"(Left: Price; Right: Volume) return Value;
> 
> This will hide ALL the predefined operations that Duncan wants to get 
> rid of, and any new ones that involve Price, Volume, or Value, so the line:
> 
> P := V * Val; -- The compiler will complain that no visible "*" matches.

while it would indeed solve my problem, it also makes the rules for fixed
point types even more exotic than they are right now, which is a bad thing
in my opinion.

All the best,

Duncan.



  reply	other threads:[~2004-06-11  7:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-09  7:11 Dimensions and fixed point types Duncan Sands
2004-06-09  7:47 ` Martin Dowie
2004-06-09 17:04   ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-11  7:16     ` Duncan Sands [this message]
2004-06-11  7:12   ` Duncan Sands
2004-06-11  7:26 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-11  7:46   ` Duncan Sands
2004-06-11 17:47     ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-11 19:10       ` Duncan Sands
2004-06-12  3:40         ` Robert I. Eachus
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