Subj : Re: dangers of operator overloading To : comp.programming From : adaworks Date : Sun Sep 18 2005 07:36 pm "Rob Thorpe" wrote in message news:1123776797.894417.217940@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > Robert Maas, see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t wrote: > > > From: makc.the.gr...@gmail.com > > > So, I chose 1-byte field and simple name enumeration, which forced me > > > to implement funcs --- snipped details --- With a language such as Ada, overloading will not give you all this heartache. Further, you can do everything you want to do just as easily as with the code you posted. Richard Riehle .