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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Imagine Ada with Fewer Attributes
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On Sat, 15 May 2010 16:29:37 -0400, Frank J. Lhota wrote:

> The recent discussion of the 'Image attribute got me thinking of the 
> issue of the whether Ada uses attributes too frequently. I feel that the 
> language would be simpler and easier to use if most of the Ada 
> attributes were replaced with operations.

Primitive operations, you mean. That would require al types to have
classes. This is what I wanted to have since Ada 95. If there were done Ada
would become a much nicer language.

BTW, the notation of attributes can be preserved, e.g. you could be allowed
to declare operations with the syntax X'Y.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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