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-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3cd94a799504cebd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-16 12:30:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!sjcppf01.usenetserver.com!usenetserver.com!news-west.rr.com!lsnws01.we.mediaone.net!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BCC8AF0.A8B1115D@san.rr.com> From: Darren New Organization: Boxes! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Small question concerning use References: <19130ae.0110151428.65937d5b@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 19:31:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 1003260674 66.75.151.160 (Tue, 16 Oct 2001 12:31:14 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 12:31:14 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14736 Date: 2001-10-16T19:31:14+00:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote: > I'd say you should stick with full dot notation until you get your feet fully > under you. After you get used to it, you may find that things like > Ada.Strings.Unbounded.To_Unbounded_String aren't really all that bad. I'd be bothered by such stuff less if it wasn't so repetitive. Ada.Streams.Stream_Element_Count instead of Ada.Streams.Count? How many times do I have to say "Unbounded" or "String"? The problem comes when there's a 6-line expression like i : Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Unbounded_String := Ada.Strings.Unbounded.To_Unbounded_String(J) Ada.String.Unbounded."&" Ada.Strings.Unbounded.To_Unbounded_String(K); I don't see that as at all readable. I'm not sure quite what would be better, tho. I'm just a newbie. :-) -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. Who is this Dr. Ibid anyway, and how does he know so much?