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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Questions:
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 01:14:23 GMT
Date: 2001-03-08T01:14:23+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <wcclmqhhxjk.fsf@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Y8zp6.524529$U46.15710729@news1.sttls1.wa.home.com

"Mark Lundquist" <mark@rational.com> writes:

> But a *value* does not have a subtype!  It has only a type!

That's true for elementary types (eg integers), but composite *values*
have a subtype.  Eg, the string literal:

    "Hello, world."

usually has subtype String(1..13).

- Bob



  reply	other threads:[~2001-03-08  1:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-03-03  1:00 Questions: WM
2001-03-03  3:30 ` Questions: Robert Love
2001-03-03 11:09 ` Questions: David C. Hoos, Sr.
2001-03-07 23:05 ` Questions: Mark Lundquist
2001-03-08  1:14   ` Robert A Duff [this message]
2001-03-12  7:41   ` Types, subtypes and ranges Anders Wirzenius
2001-03-12 11:57     ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2001-03-12 16:06       ` Tucker Taft
2001-03-13  6:40       ` Anders Wirzenius
2001-03-12 16:57     ` Scott Ingram
2001-03-18 22:28     ` Lao Xiao Hai
2001-03-19 13:22       ` Marc A. Criley
2001-03-20 16:57         ` Lao Xiao Hai
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