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From: ucaa2385@alpha1.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de (Peter Hermann)
Subject: Re: Side-effect arithmetic again [was: Ada ... in embedded systems]
Date: 1996/03/21
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Date: 1996-03-21T00:00:00+00:00
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Robert A Duff (bobduff@world.std.com) wrote:
: >is whether the generic formal should be "is range <>" or "is (<>)".
: range <>, IMHO.

I always prefer the discrete type over the specialized
numerical thing, with 'succ and 'pred . Just a feeling.

Ada0x will have general procedure calls
	     increment(item);
	     decrement(item);
for all discrete types, of course ;-)  :-)

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