From: Al Christians <achrist@easystreet.com>
Subject: Re: Question for the folks who designed Ada95
Date: 1999/04/27
Date: 1999-04-27T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3726039A.916FC0F3@easystreet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7g4n1q$vag$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com
Robert Dewar wrote:
>
>
> What *is* important is that this issue has been discussed
> at length, in both 83 and 95, and every discussion made it
> clear that the constituency that hates the null parens is
> (a) in the clear majority and (b) feels strongly about it.
>
> To suggest making such a change at this stage is out of
> the question. It would be a horrendous incompatibility that
> would annoy the majority of Ada users!
>
Couldn't the ()'s for a 0-parameter call be optional for clarity for
those who think they enhance clarity?
Al
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Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-04-26 0:00 Question for the folks who designed Ada95 Corey Ashford
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-27 0:00 ` bill
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Al Christians [this message]
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Al Christians
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-04-27 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Geert Bosch
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Fraser Wilson
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-30 0:00 ` David Brown
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-27 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-27 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-04-28 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Brian Hanson
1999-04-28 0:00 ` bill
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1999-04-30 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Bill Ghrist
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Question for the folks who designed Ad David Kristola
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Paul Duquennoy
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Question for the folks who designed Ada95 Aidan Skinner
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Fraser Wilson
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
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