Re: Type Conversion Matrix, Pragmas (TAKE 4)

2003-06-11 Thread Tim Bunce
On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 12:04:14PM -0700, Michael Lazzaro wrote: *: (undefness and properties lost) Using/converting an uppercase type as/to a lowercase (primitive) type is silently allowed. If you're sending an Int to something that requires an Cint, you know that the 'something'

Re: Type Conversion Matrix, Pragmas (TAKE 4)

2003-06-11 Thread Michael Lazzaro
On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 05:48 AM, Tim Bunce wrote: (vi) Conversions of User Defined Types/Classes It may be useful to allow the same level of pragma-based control for user-defined types and classes. For example, a given class Foo may wish to be silently convertable to an