From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Ada standard and maximum line lengths
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:18:43 +0100
Date: 2013-01-28T09:18:43+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1mr198uopixbw$.c81fe8oczrwv.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8dfcf819-e1d0-4578-a795-a4bf724b5014@googlegroups.com
On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:02:09 -0800 (PST), Lucretia wrote:
> I was reading the Ada 2012 standard and found this, I was just wondering
> why there is a maximum line length, it's not like we parse the language a
> line at a time.
It is. I always accumulate a whole line before parsing it.
> Why not just accept it as a stream of tokens and if there
> are line breaks, ignore?
For multiple reasons. Specifically regarding Ada, the language has syntax
elements bound by the line end, e.g. comments etc.
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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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2013-01-28 5:02 Ada standard and maximum line lengths Lucretia
2013-01-28 6:01 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-28 6:28 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-28 8:05 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-28 16:42 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-28 20:22 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-28 20:46 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-28 21:29 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 1:42 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-29 6:15 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-29 10:25 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 11:31 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-29 12:11 ` Simon Wright
2013-01-29 12:31 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 12:37 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 15:29 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-29 16:58 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 17:51 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-29 18:18 ` Shark8
2013-01-29 19:54 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 23:12 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-30 9:18 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-30 9:51 ` Simon Wright
2013-01-30 15:28 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-30 23:24 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-31 2:16 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-31 9:10 ` Stefan.Lucks
2013-01-31 9:30 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-31 9:51 ` Simon Wright
2013-01-31 10:56 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-31 18:02 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-31 23:54 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-02-01 9:15 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-02-01 23:13 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-02-02 1:24 ` Lucretia
2013-02-02 14:12 ` Robert A Duff
2013-02-05 2:09 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-31 9:03 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-30 9:37 ` Simon Wright
2013-01-30 12:02 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-29 23:47 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-30 7:24 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-30 10:09 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-29 20:36 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 21:01 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-29 21:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-28 8:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2013-01-28 10:02 ` Maciej Sobczak
2013-01-28 11:57 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-28 13:28 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-28 15:14 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-28 16:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-28 15:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-28 13:49 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-29 2:09 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-29 18:46 ` Lucretia
2013-01-29 20:53 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-29 21:22 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-30 3:22 ` Lucretia
2013-01-30 9:49 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-30 23:28 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-02-01 1:48 ` Shark8
2013-01-29 21:29 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-29 21:53 ` Adam Beneschan
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