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From: wex@SW.MCC.COM (Alan Wexelblat)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: more about ORD and VAL
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Date: 5 Jul 88 14:19:49 GMT
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> The proposed (and ISO accepted) syntax for bit-preserving transfers is
> CAST(CARDINAL, -1).  CAST must be imported from SYSTEM.

This still leaves me wondering what a "meaning-preserving" conversion is for
    CAST(CARDINAL, -1)

What value would you expect to get back?

--Alan Wexelblat
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