From: Wes Groleau <wwgrol@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com>
Subject: Re: Ragged Array Proposal
Date: 1999/09/24
Date: 1999-09-24T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <37EBD2F3.E1E32672@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7sgbke$ci5$1@nnrp1.deja.com
> In this particular case, there is a significant implementation
> burden (wait till you are really working on your Ada compiler
> to appreciate that :-). In particular, getting the debugger to
> understand this completely new type would be significant work.
In the cases of gdb and Apex Duo, where the same debugger understands
both C and Ada, then the debugger should be able to understand
char *fruits[] = { "apple", "orange", "pear" };
So how much work would it be to handle an Ada syntax that has the
same underlying implementation?
Of course, if the answer is "not much" there's still the question
of whether the value is worth the addition to the language. I'm
somewhat in favor of the capability (I have yet to look at the
proposed syntax).
The loudest complaints I hear from C-sick folks (who've seen Ada 83
but never heard of Ada.Strings.* or Interfaces.C) concerns Ada's
alleged lack of string capabilities.
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1999-09-22 0:00 ` Ragged Array Proposal Ted Dennison
1999-09-22 0:00 ` Ray Blaak
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-09-24 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-09-24 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-09-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-27 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-09-27 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-09-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-24 0:00 ` Wes Groleau [this message]
1999-09-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-24 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-09-24 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-09-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-09-24 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-09-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-27 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-09-27 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1999-09-28 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-09-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-29 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-09-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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