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: 103376,3dfe18b59c34a51c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-30 01:06:59 PST From: "Martin Dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3BD959E1.6C0AD647@hotmail.com> <69eC7.1430$xS6.1903@www.newsranger.com> <9rj4tf$piq$1@st520.dotcom.fr> <3bdd30a0$1@pull.gecm.com> <9rkaqs$8201@news.cis.okstate.edu> Subject: Re: Relational Operators Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:02:29 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 10.9.125.12 Message-ID: <3bde6a8e$1@pull.gecm.com> X-Trace: 30 Oct 2001 08:53:34 GMT, 10.9.125.12 Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!newreader.ukcore.bt.net!pull.gecm.com!10.9.125.12 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15396 Date: 2001-10-30T09:02:29+00:00 List-Id: "David Starner" wrote in message news:9rkaqs$8201@news.cis.okstate.edu... > On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, in comp.lang.ada, Martin Dowie wrote: > But I don't see wht the LRM reference adds. "Operand of = cannot be > another relational operation" alone is better than the GNAT message, > with or without the LRM reference (and I'm really not much interested in > the functionings of the compiler error-correcting routines.) Well, in this instance, it would point out to me that I've tried something I didn't understand, so the LRM pointer at least tells me which area of the language to bone up on. Even if I can't fathom out what the LRM is saying, I would then know to go and pull out my Barnes and Cohen books and what chapters to read! Just a little slow I guess... :-)