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,f44e8b91bd1d669d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-17 12:43:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!207.217.77.43.MISMATCH!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!59ce1190!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CE55D49.70638FEE@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Unusual syntax References: <5ee5b646.0205170201.2582c8ef@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 19:43:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.184.18.140 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1021664586 63.184.18.140 (Fri, 17 May 2002 12:43:06 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 12:43:06 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24307 Date: 2002-05-17T19:43:06+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: > > But here is a constructive suggestion. Get an online version of the RM. When > you find something that surprises you, it is often trivial to track it down > with a search, as in this case, you could just search for ! and immediately > find the reference to this language features (which has been around in the > standard for nearly 20 years now!) Was this not in Ada 80? -- Jeff Carter "Monsieur Arthur King, who has the brain of a duck, you know." Monty Python & the Holy Grail