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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-31 03:16:05 PST Message-ID: <3B66850F.CBEFF62@amsjv.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 11:14:39 +0100 From: Philip Anderson Organization: Alenia Marconi Systems ISD X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language References: <9k36ae$138k$1@pa.aaanet.ru> <3B654276.4040707@bigfoot.de> <3B655CE8.F8FAD2CF@sneakemail.com> <3B65810F.BEF41F2@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Host: cwmwkn0612.cwmbran.gecm.com X-Trace: 31 Jul 2001 11:05:04 GMT, cwmwkn0612.cwmbran.gecm.com Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!newreader.ukcore.bt.net!pull.gecm.com!cwmwkn0612.cwmbran.gecm.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10856 Date: 2001-07-31T11:14:39+01:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote: > > So if you code in Ada and use propper identation (as I expect most do) > you should reduce bugs. :-) It is certainly good practice; I would expect any coding standard to include rules/guidelines for indentation, ideally with automatic formatting by the development (Rational Apex is hopeless however). But I would not expect this to be in the language definition; for one thing, the appropriate size of indentation must depend upon the width of display or printout. -- hwyl/cheers, Philip Anderson Alenia Marconi Systems Cwmbr�n, Cymru/Wales