From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, RATWARE_MS_HASH,RATWARE_OUTLOOK_NONAME autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8963682ce4cab241 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Nick Roberts" Subject: Re: GNAT Limitations? Date: 1998/01/26 Message-ID: <01bd2a9f$1faf7100$34fe82c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 319455573 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <6aesm3$sr6$1@Masala.CC.UH.EDU> <885721317.973387@wagasa.cts.com> <6afuas$vrn$1@Masala.CC.UH.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Organization: UUNet UK server (post doesn't reflect views of UUNet UK) Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-01-26T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Please, by all means, post the example. We (well alright then, I ;-) would be very interested! -- Nick Roberts Croydon, UK Proprietor, ThoughtWing Software; Independent Software Development Consultant * Nick.Roberts@dial.pipex.com * Voicemail & Fax +44 181-405 1124 * *** Always game for a verbal joust (usually as the turkey) *** wanker@exploited.barmy.army wrote in article <6afuas$vrn$1@Masala.CC.UH.EDU>... > >It sounds like the "C/C++ to Ada" guide is either wrong or unclear. In a > >subprogram call (which has similar syntax), you can omit some parameters > >if they have default values. You can't do the same for record aggregates. > >(Being able to omit components with default initial values would be a > >nice feature, by the way.) > > It's wrong then because in the section on records it specifically > states that you could do this. I could post the precise example > of what it claims if anyone is interested, but it's probably > pointless - thanks.