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From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: loop step function
Date: 1997/01/27
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Date: 1997-01-27T00:00:00+00:00
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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