Re: user-defined type conversion

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

Russ <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message ...
>It should work fine that way, except that Ada doesn't allow the same
>name to be used for a type and a function. I contend that there is no
>inherent reason that it shouldn't. I don't see how it is possible for
>the compiler to confuse a type with a function. If Ada allowed that, I
>could write my own type/unit conversions that have the same syntax as
>built-in type conversions.

I had this same idea for Ada 200y back in January and proposed it to the
ARG. It was discussed extensively on Ada-Comment. It doesn't work (too
incompatible), it isn't going to happen. To read why, look at the AC for
it:
    http://www.ada-auth.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/AC-00026.TXT

           Randy Brukardt
           ARG Editor