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"Jeffrey Carter" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> Stephen Leake wrote:
>
> > There is no standard attribute that returns the internal
> > representation specified by the enumeration representation clause.
> > However, GNAT provides the non-standard 'Enum_Rep for this purpose.
>
> I have no problem with 'Pos returning the abstract position number, but
> do think something like GNAT's 'Enum_Rep should be standard, along with
> a conversion the other way, equivalent to 'Val ('Enum_Val?).

The ARG discussed this long ago, and concluded that such a facility isn't
needed. That's because Unchecked_Conversion provides the needed support.
Indeed, this is one of the few cases where the result of
Unchecked_Conversion is defined by the language (using it in this way will
work on all Ada compilers). There was some discussion about syntax guides
that prohibit the use of Unchecked_Conversion, but there is a lot of
discomfort about changing the language just because some people's style
guides are broken...

                Randy.