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Re: Algol68

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From: Andy Pryor
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1991 08:25
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paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell) writes:

>In article <chl.671105965@m1> chl@cs.man.ac.uk (Charles Lindsey) writes:
>>In <809@taniwha.UUCP> paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell) writes:
>>
>>>	union([]int , struct (int a, b, c)) fred = (1,2,3);
>>
>(coercing displays etc) it all seemed to make sense.

>So how do you initialise a union with a row display?? Do you have to put
>it in a temporary variable first?? ugh

Surely, all you need is a cast?

     union([]int , struct (int a, b, c)) fred = [] int (1,2,3);


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From: aap@cged.co.uk (Andy Pryor)
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Subject: Re: Algol68
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Date: 12 Apr 91 08:25:26 GMT
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