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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a1ce307c10055549 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-20 11:48:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newspeer1.nac.net!news.stealth.net!news.stealth.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamfinder.gnilink.net!nwrddc02.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <5JfM9.395655$P31.145145@rwcrnsc53> <1040410199.497867@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Subject: Re: calenday (was Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:48:47 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.157.181.54 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrddc02.gnilink.net 1040413727 141.157.181.54 (Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:48:47 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:48:47 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32116 Date: 2002-12-20T19:48:47+00:00 List-Id: "Hyman Rosen" wrote in message news:1040410199.497867@master.nyc.kbcfp.com... > The whole concept of representation specs on tagged > records seems pretty dodgy to me. I agree. AFAIK, the only reason to use a representation clause is to make sure that a type matches some external data layout. Tagged types, by their very nature, do not fit into this category. This seems to be one of those theoretical issues with no practical consequences.