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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ac09aa8fea6b976a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: johnherro@aol.com (John Herro) Subject: Re: Exclamation Operator Question Date: 1997/09/12 Message-ID: <19970912191701.PAA02462@ladder01.news.aol.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 271946360 References: <341984ed.2650440241@gate> X-Admin: news@aol.com Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-09-12T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: jpiccoli@mccabe.com writes: > Can the exclamation operator be > used to separate alternatives for > exception and case items? Yes, you can always use ! in place of a vertical bar. But keep in mind that there's been some talk of eliminating that feature in Ada 0Y ("Ada, oh why?"). If they do that, they'll probably also eliminate pairs of % as string delimiters and pairs of : to specify a number base. - John Herro Software Innovations Technology http://members.aol.com/AdaTutor ftp://members.aol.com/AdaTutor