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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Ada202X : Adding functors
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:27:58 +0100
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Date: 2012-11-15T10:27:58+01:00
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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.

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de