From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: loop step function
Date: 1997/01/27
Date: 1997-01-27T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5cjv15$gbt@felix.seas.gwu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 19970127125200.HAA26735@ladder01.news.aol.com
In article <19970127125200.HAA26735@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
<johnherro@aol.com> wrote:
[snip]
>type CLA_Message_Type is (Ask_For _Help, Give_Help, Discuss_Ada,
>Please_Do_My_Homework, Flame, Flame_The_Flamer);
>
>Now in Ada you could write
>
>for L in Ask_For_Help .. Flame loop
or even (more to the point)
for L in CLA_Message_Type loop
or even
for L in reverse CLA_Message_Type loop
so if the type CLA_Message_Type changes in maintenance, your loop
code doesn't change a bit.
I think this makes up for the lack of a step size. Just my two cents.:-)
Mike Feldman
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-01-24 0:00 loop step function Paul Van Bellinghen
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-01-29 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Geert Bosch
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-01-27 0:00 ` johnherro
1997-01-27 0:00 ` Michael Feldman [this message]
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