From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: basic basic ada question
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:08:16 +0200
Date: 2006-10-20T11:08:16+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5567b72ia0c9$.1b6yl0tpfscj5$.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: eha0mc$gsg$1@cernne03.cern.ch
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:17:16 +0200, Maciej Sobczak wrote:
> Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>
>> There is no syntax
>> difference between arrays and functions of single argument. Looking at
>> Argument (I) you cannot tell if Argument is an array or not.
>
> Nor you can tell if it's a type conversion.
> Ada consistently promotes explicit syntax for readability reasons, you
> know. ;-)
Exactly! Because wether Argument (I) is a function call, array indexing,
conversion, that is an implementation detail for the reader.
Note that, probably unlike others, I wouldn't object to add [x], {x}, <x>,
|x|, (*x*), <+x+> and so on, brackets to Ada. But I do object to binding
language semantics to the tuple brackets. Any semantic difference between
A[x,y] and A(x,y) should come solely from the application domain. That is
not language business. Also, let's allow [], but then they should be
allowed to subprograms, as well as type conversions, entry points etc.
--
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-19 14:30 basic basic ada question markww
2006-10-19 14:47 ` Georg Bauhaus
2006-10-19 15:10 ` markww
2006-10-21 10:29 ` Stephen Leake
2006-10-19 15:11 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-10-19 15:45 ` markww
2006-10-19 16:29 ` Gautier
2006-10-19 17:16 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-10-19 20:07 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-10-19 22:20 ` Robert A Duff
2006-10-20 5:10 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-10-20 7:13 ` Maciej Sobczak
2006-10-20 20:39 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-10-20 7:25 ` Maciej Sobczak
2006-10-20 20:54 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-10-19 21:30 ` James Alan Farrell
2006-10-19 23:03 ` Robert A Duff
2006-10-20 4:54 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-10-20 7:53 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-10-20 8:17 ` Maciej Sobczak
2006-10-20 9:08 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2006-10-20 11:15 ` Maciej Sobczak
2006-10-20 12:19 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-10-20 12:38 ` Maciej Sobczak
2006-10-20 13:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-10-20 15:29 ` Robert A Duff
2006-10-20 17:37 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-10-20 20:59 ` Robert A Duff
2006-10-21 13:39 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-10-21 17:53 ` Robert A Duff
2006-10-22 8:45 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-10-23 7:45 ` Maciej Sobczak
2006-10-23 9:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-10-23 14:30 ` Maciej Sobczak
2006-10-23 15:08 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-10-23 15:49 ` Robert A Duff
2006-10-24 7:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-10-20 19:04 ` Simon Wright
2006-10-20 15:27 ` Robert A Duff
2006-10-20 17:37 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-10-20 21:00 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-10-21 8:19 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-10-21 17:32 ` Robert A Duff
2006-10-22 8:45 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-10-30 11:46 ` Martin Krischik
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