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Subject: Re: why Ada type casting is different from other languages?
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On 12-Jul-14 19:55, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
> I am just wondering what is the rational of Ada choosing to use
>      type(value)
>
> vs
>      (type)value
>
> to do typecasting. does not type(value) appear as a function call?
> as in
>
>       i := float(9);
>
> vs.
>
>       i := (float) 9;
>
> Just wondering on this choice and its advantage over the more
> common syntax.
>
> thanks,
> --Nasser

Because conversion certainly may be thought of as a function; implicitly:
Function TARGET_TYPE_NAME( Input : SOURCE_TYPE ) Return TARGET_TYPE;