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From: Hyman Rosen <hymie@prolifics.com>
Subject: Re: scope and/or parameters (beginner)
Date: 1999/04/14
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Robert Dewar wrote:
> A C programmer making the same choice would have two
> approaches.
> ...
> Which do you think would be chosen (I would guess neither,

Correct. A C programmer would, of course, simply declare the
parameter as being 'const', then insert the test exactly as
you did in Ada.

Hmph. I'm surprised that you, of all people, are so parochial.
You usually aren't.