From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Ada202X : Adding functors
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:27:58 +0100
Date: 2012-11-15T10:27:58+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <171o6kazlul7v$.ci06fwxk77ll.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ac7dccec-eeab-4fc0-a61a-890f0ec8a429@googlegroups.com
On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:31:53 -0800 (PST), Martin wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 8:37:55 PM UTC, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>> Because arrays do not have Perform operation, they do ()-operation.
>
> Yes, there was a decision at some early point in Ada's life to move away
> from "[]" for array accessing to "()" - which seems to be a move to
> deliberately make it look like a function call.
Function call and array indexing are strictly same thing called mapping. So
the decision was right.
> Also, there are enumerate values which again are 'functions'...only not
> really...now that's obfuscation! :-)
Similarly, evaluation of a name into an object is a concept independent on
how the object's value is evaluated, when or if.
--
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-12 22:09 Ada202X : Adding functors Martin
2012-11-12 23:14 ` Jeffrey Carter
2012-11-12 23:19 ` Martin
2012-11-13 10:45 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-11-13 12:08 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-11-13 12:35 ` Martin
2012-11-12 23:44 ` Adam Beneschan
2012-11-13 2:11 ` Jeffrey Carter
2012-11-13 11:11 ` Martin
2012-11-14 0:51 ` Adam Beneschan
2012-11-14 8:39 ` Martin
2012-11-14 16:54 ` Adam Beneschan
2012-11-14 18:54 ` Martin
2012-11-14 20:37 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-11-14 20:57 ` Shark8
2012-11-14 21:31 ` Martin
2012-11-14 22:42 ` Adam Beneschan
2012-11-15 9:27 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2012-11-14 21:45 ` Simon Wright
2012-11-14 22:22 ` Martin
2012-11-14 22:27 ` Martin
2012-11-13 4:22 ` Shark8
2012-11-15 0:20 ` sbelmont700
2012-11-15 7:12 ` Martin
2012-11-15 12:21 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-11-15 12:31 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-11-15 12:46 ` Martin
2012-11-16 6:15 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-11-15 10:11 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-11-15 15:52 ` Peter C. Chapin
2012-11-15 17:04 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-11-15 19:57 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-11-15 20:39 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-11-16 0:15 ` Peter C. Chapin
2012-11-16 10:12 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-11-16 0:01 ` Peter C. Chapin
2012-11-16 6:09 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-11-16 12:35 ` Peter C. Chapin
2012-11-16 18:10 ` Martin
2012-11-16 8:59 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-11-16 12:20 ` Peter C. Chapin
2012-11-16 17:44 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-11-18 15:58 ` Peter C. Chapin
2012-11-15 21:34 ` sbelmont700
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