From: Alfred Hilscher <Alfred.Hilscher@icn.siemens.de>
Subject: Re: Where is the elusive jump command?
Date: 2000/03/30
Date: 2000-03-30T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <38E312F8.78883ACB@icn.siemens.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8brrpj$i04$1@nnrp1.deja.com
unfortunately, ALIASED is neccessary in most bindings to C-written APIs.
Robert Dewar wrote:
> The point is that aliasing is generally speaking very bad
> practice. The facility for pointing to variables was introduced
> in Ada 95 with reluctance when certain convincing examples
> were given, including in particular the construction of
> static structures involving pointers.
>
> It should be VERY sparingly used, really it should be regarded
> like Unchecked_Conversion, a noisy declaration that you intend
> to do something rather undesirable, namely in this case the
> creation of possibly confusing aliases for the variable.
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2000-03-21 0:00 Where is the elusive jump command? dis90072
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Nicolas Brunot
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Nicolas Brunot
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-30 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Dan Nagle
2000-03-30 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Gisle S�lensminde
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Gisle S�lensminde
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-04-14 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-04-14 0:00 ` BASIC->Ada, was " tmoran
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-30 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-03-30 0:00 ` William B. Clodius
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-04-01 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-02 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-04-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher [this message]
2000-04-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-04 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2000-04-06 0:00 ` OS Bindings (was: Where is the elusive jump command?) Larry Kilgallen
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
[not found] ` <eisner comp.lang.ada:53670>
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-08 0:00 ` nickerson
2000-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-10 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Gisle S�lensminde
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Gisle S�lensminde
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-18 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
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2000-03-21 0:00 Where is the elusive jump command? dis90072
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
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