Re: C like op= proposal

[Gautier <gautier.demontmollin@maths.unine.ch>]

> Also note that a request for opinions doesn't constitute a suggestion for
> a language change. I prefer [] for arrays too, but there's no way I'd
> suggest that change! I was curious about whether other Ada users would
> find some notation like this *more readable*. I doubt that adding
> syntactic gadgetry like this at this stage in Ada's life is worth the
> effort. Ada's progeny are a different story.

My opinion: the "+=" and such notation are not readable at all.
The main advantage of Ada is that you can spell the instructions
and it means something. It's important for many areas of programming
where you have to re-read and understand your (or worse: other's) code.

Adding these notations would be a leap back to these 1960s cryptic,
write-only, macro-assemblers made for experimenting new operating systems
and now (too often) used in improper areas like scientific programming
or large-scale projects...

I prefer to keep the +=*%^$ notations for such applets:

==================================================================
#include <io.h>
float o=0.075,h=1.5,T,r,O,l,I;int _,L=80,s=3200;main(){for(;s%L||
(h-=o,T= -2),s;4 -(r=O*O)<(l=I*I)|++ _==L&&write(1,(--s%L?_<L?--_
%6:6:7)+"World! \n",1)&&(O=I=l=_=r=0,T+=o /2))O=I*2*O+h,I=l+T-r;}
==================================================================

In fact the generic Inc / Add do the job, now, without adding anything!

-- 
Gautier

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