From: G. B. <nonlegitur@nmhp.invalid>
Subject: Re: User defined implicit conversion
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 06:19:13 -0000 (UTC)
Date: 2019-11-06T06:19:13+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <qptol0$ngr$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: qpcv5l$sm7$1@franka.jacob-sparre.dk
Randy Brukardt <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote:
> "Alain De Vos" <devosalain71@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d9269cae-93e5-428c-9c7c-a7a1f5679806@googlegroups.com...
>> Casting from one type to another is a real pain.
> For example, instead of:
>
> type Type_A is new String;
>
> use:
>
> Subtype Type_A is String;
>
> And now you never need to use a type conversion between Type_A and String.
Implicit conversion introduces implicit knowledge, shared by authors of a
program. So, weak types should help employees stay safe in their jobs if
they have the knowledge.
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-10-30 19:43 User defined implicit conversion Alain De Vos
2019-10-30 19:58 ` Simon Wright
2019-10-30 20:39 ` Egil H H
2019-10-30 21:26 ` Randy Brukardt
2019-10-30 22:17 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-11-06 6:19 ` G. B. [this message]
2019-10-31 11:18 ` AdaMagica
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