From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Tagged type abuse
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:01:04 +0100
Date: 2014-12-18T14:01:04+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wj01877tsnmv$.wzykf3ag957k.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: slrnm95egb.nrc.lithiumcat@nat.rebma.instinctive.eu
On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:26:58 +0000 (UTC), Natasha Kerensikova wrote:
> What would you recommend to appease such feelings?
That all types should have been tagged anyway (meaning: has T'Class with a
type tag stored in it).
> Sacrificing prefix notation readability on types that have no business
> being tagged?
I think that prefix notation was a language design bug. As such it has
nothing to do with the type being tagged or having a class.
Prefix notation should have been an implementation of an abstract record
member of some subprogram type.
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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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2014-12-18 11:26 Tagged type abuse Natasha Kerensikova
2014-12-18 13:01 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2014-12-18 16:59 ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-12-18 23:10 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-12-19 12:42 ` Michael B.
2014-12-20 0:07 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-12-20 12:39 ` Michael B.
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