Re: scripting/extension language for Ada (we have an opportunity here)

["Samuel T. Harris" <samuel_t_harris@Raytheon.com>]

Robert A Duff wrote:
> 
> "Samuel T. Harris" <samuel_t_harris@Raytheon.com> writes:
> 
> > I have no problem with using [] instead of () for array indexing.
> > The [] can be easily converted back to () for use in a conventional
> > compiler.
> > Along this line, {} can be used for aggregates.
> > Parsing Ada is notoriously difficult because of the overloading
> > of () for indexes, subprograms, and aggregates.
> 
> But if you don't do the "notoriously difficult" stuff, then you can't
> automatically translate "[" into "(" (etc) and expect it to always work.
> 
> - Bob

Certainly I can. Since [] and {} are not legal Ada tokens,
they many only appear in comments and string literals.
A syntax to handle these so that other [] and {}
are converted to () is trivial to do.

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Samuel T. Harris, Principal Engineer
Raytheon, Aerospace Engineering Services
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