On 07/04/2008 17:34, in article
Pine.LNX.4.64.0804071812200.15920@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"stefan-lucks@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <stefan-lucks@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> The only useful use for "+" in Ada is for conversions.
>>
>> OK, so that's not much of a use. On the other hand, the idea that "+"
>> represents the identity function is ingrained enough in me that I've
>> resisted using it for a conversion operator even though others around
>> me have been doing that. Call it an obstinate adherence to
>> meaningless purity or whatever. But like Randy, I would have
>> preferred adding one (maybe even two) operator symbols that would have
>> no meaning except that the user could define them, although I'm not
>> sure about "#" since that already has a use (in based numeric
>> literals). I'd prefer something not currently used at all, like "@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"
>> or "!" or tilde. Of course, it apparently isn't going to happen
>> anyway so there's not much point arguing about which character would
>> be best.
>
> Two natural candidates which come into my mind would be an unary '&' and
> the '%'-sign:
>
> '%' (percent) indicates some kind of conversion anyway (though usually
> in postfix notation, not as a prefix, "75 %" for 75/100).
Potential problems there with string literals (see RM: J.2 Allowed
Replacements of Characters)?
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Bill Findlay
<surname><forename> chez blueyonder.co.uk
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