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,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c1983ae2deb642ab X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-12 10:12:10 PST Message-ID: <3D077FBB.402@cogeco.ca> From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020508 Netscape6/6.2.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada -vs- GNAT References: <5ee5b646.0206080414.67b7ab3b@posting.google.com> <5ee5b646.0206090413.b9b56c1@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:07:07 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.96.47.195 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1023901626 198.96.47.195 (Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:07:06 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:07:06 EDT Organization: Bell Sympatico Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!torn!webster!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25807 Date: 2002-06-12T13:07:07-04:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: > "SteveD" wrote in message news:... > >>I agree with this for most of the gnat specific attributes. But find the >>"img" attribute hard to justify. Usually being terse is not a goal in Ada. > > The 'Img attribute is intended solely for debugging purposes. It is poor > style to use it in any other context. One thing to realize about 'Img is > that it is only partially implemented according to its original spec, since > the intention is that it be usable for composite objects. For debugging purposes, I have many times pined for that 'Img support of "composite objects". ;-) Warren.