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Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:36:12 +0100
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On 2/8/11 11:16 AM, Ludovic Brenta wrote:

>> Strict contracts in subprogram profiles. Ha!
>>
>> void foo2(int jump)
>>     /* make sure jump % 2 == 0! */
>> {
>>      ...
>>
>> }
>>
>> Write that in Ada 2005 to demonstrate the glorious power of
>> your subtype constraints.  When was it that compilers will
>> support aspects reliably?
>
> Easy:
>
> procedure Foo2 (Jump : in Natural);
> -- Jumps by 2 * Jump
>
> Thereby eliminating the very *possibility* that 2*jump can be odd!

See how you couldn't provide a solution, but made up
a different case?   Now

   Foo2 (Jump => Natural'Last);