[mercury-users] Tagged datatypes and boxing

[Ralph Becket]

> >To continue, why the h--l should we humans be forced to count bits?
> 
> [...] Another possibility is to allow some 
> kinds of "pragma"
> to suggest to the compiler how a type is best represented.  eg:
> 
> type color = <integer range/RGB triple/...> pragma packed.

I would be quite happy to see a facility like this.

Ralph
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