From: Gautier <gautier@fakeaddress.nil>
Subject: Re: Access keyword
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:36:16 +0200
Date: 2008-04-30T06:36:16+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4817f731$1_2@news.bluewin.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fv8495$du0$1@jacob-sparre.dk>
Randy Brukardt:
> Anonymous access types (a superset of access parameters) mainly exist in Ada
> to make it easier for C++ and Java programmers to move their rotten designs
> to Ada. Bah humbug.
If so, it would be fine for compilers to have a style-check warning saying that
it is a "retro compatibility feature" that should not be used normally.
Personally I was stunned the first time I saw Ada code with these anonymous
access types in parameters. Funny that Ada 2005 reintroduces a design hack of
the 1960's...
G.
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Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-29 13:55 Access keyword Sébastien
2008-04-29 14:35 ` Peter Hermann
2008-04-29 14:43 ` Ludovic Brenta
2008-04-29 15:16 ` stefan-lucks
2008-04-29 16:31 ` Sébastien
2008-04-29 19:55 ` Gautier
2008-04-30 14:26 ` Sébastien
2008-04-30 17:13 ` Gautier
2008-04-30 20:44 ` Ludovic Brenta
2008-04-29 17:37 ` Adam Beneschan
2008-04-29 19:08 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2008-04-29 21:03 ` Maciej Sobczak
2008-04-29 21:32 ` Randy Brukardt
2008-04-30 4:36 ` Gautier [this message]
2008-04-30 7:15 ` Maciej Sobczak
2008-04-30 7:56 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2008-04-30 9:21 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-04-30 15:16 ` Adam Beneschan
2008-04-30 15:20 ` Adam Beneschan
2008-04-30 21:32 ` Maciej Sobczak
2008-04-30 21:58 ` Adam Beneschan
2008-05-01 1:10 ` Adam Beneschan
2008-04-30 23:40 ` Randy Brukardt
2008-04-30 14:32 ` Sébastien
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