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From: "Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@attbi.com>
Subject: Re: What evil would happen?
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 21:26:38 GMT
Date: 2003-07-11T21:26:38+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F0F2B68.2060900@attbi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5ad0dd8a.0307111151.4a08f95a@posting.google.com

Wojtek Narczynski wrote:

> What would happen if a procedure could return a value like a function,
> or a function could accept an out parameter? Would it make procedures
> less procedural? Or impure functions even less impure? Or is there a
> reason for this in compiler implementation details?
> 
> I feel like with SML like tagged union datatypes I'd be done long
> ago... Is there an AI for this maybe?

Yes, several, and some language study notes, and I think some sections 
in the Ada Rationale.

> I am trying to create a parser for CLFF files.

I don't follow from this to what you are asking.  Assuming you want to 
parse common log file format files which have a format of

     remotehost rfc931 authuser [date] "request" status bytes

(per http://www.w3.org/Daemon/User/Config/Logging.html) I can't imagine 
why you would be asking about such a feature.  But if I were you I would 
be looking at Ada.Strings.Unbounded.

-- 

                                                        Robert I. Eachus

�In an ally, considerations of house, clan, planet, race are 
insignificant beside two prime questions, which are: 1. Can he shoot? 2. 
Will he aim at your enemy?� -- from the Laiden novels by Sharon Lee and 
Steve Miller.




  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-07-11 21:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-11 19:51 What evil would happen? Wojtek Narczynski
2003-07-11 20:07 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-12 12:30   ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-07-12 17:17     ` Martin Dowie
2003-07-13  1:46     ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-13 15:29       ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-07-11 20:08 ` chris.danx
2003-07-12  4:31   ` Nick Roberts
2003-07-12 12:26     ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-07-12 12:39       ` Preben Randhol
2003-07-12 13:11         ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-07-12 13:22           ` Preben Randhol
2003-07-12 19:04             ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-07-14  8:43               ` Preben Randhol
2003-07-14 10:32                 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-07-14 11:05                   ` Preben Randhol
2003-07-14 11:31                   ` Larry Kilgallen
     [not found]                   ` <slrnbh53ir.48d.Organization: LJK Software <zSeTW0M3CTPU@eisner.encompasserve.org>
2003-07-14 17:31                     ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-07-13 15:26             ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-07-13 17:28               ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-07-13 22:35                 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-07-14  0:06                   ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-07-13 22:36                 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-07-14  3:01                 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-14  4:41                   ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-07-14 23:32                   ` [ot] languages & academia was " chris.danx
2003-07-14  9:09                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-07-14 17:44                   ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-07-14 18:15                     ` tmoran
2003-07-15  8:06                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-07-11 21:26 ` Robert I. Eachus [this message]
2003-07-12 12:38   ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-07-16  0:07     ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-16  8:11       ` Preben Randhol
2003-07-14 18:52 ` Randy Brukardt
2003-07-14 20:12   ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-15  2:32   ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-07-15  8:19   ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-07-15 17:33     ` Randy Brukardt
2003-07-16  0:22       ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-16  8:36       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-07-15  5:16 ` Kenneth Almquist
2003-07-15 11:31   ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-07-18  8:23 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-07-18 14:45   ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-19  0:55   ` Robert I. Eachus
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2003-07-11 23:04 Beard, Frank Randolph CIV
2003-07-12 12:46 ` Wojtek Narczynski
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