RE: [Axiom-mail] Enumeration

[Bill Page]

On May 26, 2007 3:35 PM Ralf Hemmecke wrote:
> 
> > Enumeration is an important built-in type in Aldor, but I
> > Axiom I get mixed (strange) results...
> 
> Maybe, Enumeration is also not very well implemented in the
> current Aldor compiler. Some years ago I tried to use it
> heavily and got some strange segfaults after which I was
> told better not to use Enumeration.

Don't believe everything you are told about Aldor... ;)
Seriously, the Enumeration type is used in an integral
manner in both the Record and Union types, so I think
it is pretty important.

> 
> But that is just a side remark of no relevance for the
> SPAD development.
> 

Au contraire, I think properly implementing Enumeration
as a built-in type in Spad is potentially quite important.

Regards,
Bill Page