Re: parameter passing

[Mats_Ohlin_FOA2@QZCOM.MAILNET]

This is of good case for arguing that Ada should have (had?)
procedures inside records, much the way SIMULA has.
If so, you could just code E.Delete (or E.Pred.Delete) with
no problems with parameters. It would also given Ada the
possibility to be more "functional". Consider e.g.
a system for matrix handling - a possibility to
code A:= B.Inverse.Transpose; would give much clearer
code than Transpose(A,Invert(B)) with parameters in out.
Something for Ada88 (90?)?

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