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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,81bb2ce65a3240c3 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.68.211.136 with SMTP id nc8mr15464026pbc.6.1335857388873; Tue, 01 May 2012 00:29:48 -0700 (PDT) Path: r9ni118826pbh.0!nntp.google.com!news2.google.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Martin Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: What would you like in Ada202X? Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 00:28:26 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1632135.1857.1335857306358.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynjb15> References: <3637793.35.1335340026327.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynfi5> <6167748.344.1335524349986.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yncd3> <31031393.3509.1335770929925.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbjb10> NNTP-Posting-Host: 20.133.0.8 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1335857388 18631 127.0.0.1 (1 May 2012 07:29:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 07:29:48 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=20.133.0.8; posting-account=g4n69woAAACHKbpceNrvOhHWViIbdQ9G User-Agent: G2/1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: 2012-05-01T00:28:26-07:00 List-Id: On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 3:45:16 AM UTC+1, Randy Brukardt wrote: > "Martin" wrote in message=20 > news:31031393.3509.1335770929925.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbjb10... > ... > >> > 5) The ability to override the 'Image function > >> > 6) An alternative to 'Image that doesn't have a leading space for=20 > >> > integers! > >> > >> For symmetry, I suppose we'd need 'Value as well. Some might say it's > >> less important, and if the only use of 'Image is in debugging, I might > >> agree; but I've come across a case (white-box functional testing) wher= e > >> I needed both, Value so I could specify inputs and expected outputs, a= nd > >> Image so I could report when the results were wrong. > > > > Sorry Simon, I don't understand why we would need another 'Value?... >=20 > I can't speak for Simon, but I would have guessed that his comment applie= d=20 > more to (5) than to (6): if you can override 'Image, you ought to be able= to=20 > override 'Value as well. And if the language has additional predefined=20 > 'Images, then there ought to be matching predefined 'Values as well. >=20 > Randy. Ah, yes, that makes sense. Not something I've ever thought I needed but tha= t's just me. I can think of a few times where I'd like to have overriden 'I= mage and _millions_ of times where I wish 'Ima= ge didn't have a leading space!! -- Martin