From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Overlay allowability
Date: 2000/05/03
Date: 2000-05-03T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wcc1z3jlfde.fsf@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3910514D.13BF2DE1@Raytheon.com
"Samuel T. Harris" <samuel_t_harris@Raytheon.com> writes:
> So, when performance and consistency are the requirements,
> make an overlay. If one simply needs to jam one kind of data
> into another, use unchecked_conversion.
Ada 95 allows U_C to return its result by reference. If the compiler
takes advantage of that permission, then U_C can be just as efficient as
overlays. So I suggest you measure the speed before taking the above
advice.
- Bob
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-05-01 0:00 Overlay allowability Marc A. Criley
2000-05-01 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
2000-05-01 0:00 ` mark_biggar
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Marc A. Criley
2000-05-11 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-05-12 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Marc A. Criley
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