Re: Enumeration representation enhancement proposal

[Wojtek Narczynski <wojtek@power.com.pl>]

>> Maybe this could be improved in Ada 2005? For example:
>> 
>> type Mix_Code is (Red, Green, Blue, Grey);
>> 
>> --  Modest proposal
>> 
>> for Mix_Code use (Red => 1, Green => 2, Blue => 3, Grey => others);
>> 
>> This should be relatively straightforward to implement, and would cover
>> most needs.
> 
> The problem with this proposal it that (actual) values of the type would
> no longer satisfy the ordering criteria (that a machine < or > test will
> always have the same result as the corresponding canonical test).

I don't follow, could you provide a sample Ada code which would be
problematic?

Regards,
Wojtek