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From: Keith Thompson <kst@cts.com>
Subject: Re: 'img
Date: 2000/05/25
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Peter Hermann <ica2ph@iris16.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:
[...]
> I could imagine, that integer'image(x) and x'image could easily
> live together, mmh?

No, I don't think an implementation-defined attribute is allowed to
have the same name as a predefined attribute.

A way to do what was suggested would be to define <type>'Img(<expr>),
and allow "for <type>'Img use <function>;".  The biggest advantage,
IMHO, is that it would establish a precedent for specifying 'Image in
the next revision of the language.

For symmetry, of course, you'd want 'Vlu and 'Wdth.

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