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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: Re-exporting primitive operations of a private type (like "-",
 and 'min)
Date: 30 Oct 2005 17:35:16 -0500
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"Martin Krischik" <krischik@users.sourceforge.net> writes:

> Am 30.10.2005, 11:18 Uhr, schrieb Jeffrey R. Carter <spam@spam.com>:
> 
> > That's why you have to convert to a suitable numeric type, invoke the
> > equivalent operation for that type, and then convert back to the
> > private  type.
> 
> Would 'Base not be a suitable type?

No, T'Base returns a subtype, but it's same _type_ as T.
So whatever operations you do will be those of T.

- Bob