From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,248f80acc3d5ccb3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Samuel T. Harris" Subject: Re: Objects properties - Ada design issues question Date: 2000/02/04 Message-ID: <389B8B51.DBD5B63C@Raytheon.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 581775155 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <877lgklryd.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Raytheon Aerospace Engineering Services Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-02-04T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Florian Weimer wrote: > > "Vladimir Olensky" writes: > > > A : [property] constant Integer; > > B : [property] Integer; > > Using [] isn't a good idea, because it doesn't fit Ada very well. > (This character isn't used by the language now, perhaps that's why > you chose it.) In addition, I would preserve [] (and @) for Objective > Ada. ;) > > Microsoft patented the [] construct (for preventing clashes with > existing syntax and keywords) several years ago, BTW. Well, Microsoft seems to patent practically anything anyone thinks up. And the US patent office does a dismal job of prior art research. IMO most software related patents are not enforcible and are just waiting for someone to "infringe" and defend to blow them out of the water. -- Samuel T. Harris, Principal Engineer Raytheon, Aerospace Engineering Services "If you can make it, We can fake it!"