From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,2cc84c0fee9046c0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!209.244.4.230!newsfeed1.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Various Language Architecture Questions Date: 25 Sep 2005 08:24:32 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <1127615832.540718.246970@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1127652977.471484.203180@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1127654670 15527 192.135.80.34 (25 Sep 2005 13:24:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:24:30 +0000 (UTC) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5135 Date: 2005-09-25T08:24:32-05:00 List-Id: In article <1127652977.471484.203180@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, frankgerlach@gmail.com writes: > 2.) Using Unchecked_conversion() in Ada kills range checking ? That > seems to be inferior to java... Using Unchecked_conversion in general is inferior to not using it, but there are many capabilities in Ada to avoid the temptation to use Unchecked_conversion. You should revisit the exact reason why you think Unchecked_conversion is necessary in your Ada program.