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Subject: Re: Ideas for Ada 200X
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Bill Findlay wrote:
> On 16/6/03 06:10, in article iicHa.1009748$Zo.229290@sccrnsc03, "Steve"
> <nospam_steved94@attbi.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>BTW: I don't really like the "+=" syntax, I like the functionality.  I would
>>prefer something that is easier to distinguish, but has the same function.
>>I don't have anything I think is a good syntax though.
>>
>>For "count := count + 3: I've considered:
>>
>>"+".(count, 3);
>>count'In_Place( "+", 3 );
>>Integer'In_Place( count, 3, "+" );
>>
>>With a good syntax, such functionality would I think be a good thing.
> 
> 
> count := idem + 3;
> 
> shiftTally(shift)(dayOfWeek(month).tallyIndex).sortTally(s).nbRejects :=
>    idem + 1;
> 
> Where "idem" represents a token, to be decided upon, that denotes the
> variable on the LHS of the assignment.
> 
I like it.  Except for a possible conflict with the concatenation 
operator, "&" would be a good choice for people familiar with the 
substitution command in the unix editors .. vi, ed, and sed.

Larry