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From: soper@xenna.UUCP (Pete Soper,,,)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: type conversion question
Message-ID: <7515@xenna.Encore.COM>
Date: 3 Jun 89 03:43:23 GMT
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From article <2295@pur-phy>, by hal@pur-phy (Hal Chambers):
>>> Use the standard procedure VAL.  E.g.
> 
> In article <7465@xenna.Encore.COM> soper@xenna.UUCP (Pete Soper,,,) writes:
>>  Which standard? Many implementations do not have VAL as it came along with
>>the 3rd edition of the Wirth book and the single pass compiler.
> 
> VAL is in the 1982 (1st?) Edition; page 158 of the Report.

  It's on that page in the 2nd edition (1982) and I stand corrected and
apologize for my bad information. The various editions of the Wirth book have
such good indexes and tables of contents, with such coherent organization that
I don't know how I missed this.  I still would not depend on VAL for an
instant however.
  If someone who has the 1st edition could look this up it would be useful 
(to complete my embarrassment if nothing else).
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