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On 25-Mar-14 15:41, Stoik wrote:
> I think that even a casual user of Ada should be able to influence somehow the new version
> of Ada. I wonder what is high on your list of wishes for Ada 202X?

A 'Type attribute would be nice -- there've been a few times where I 
wanted to have one (IIRC, the last time was in dealing w/ generics).

A 'Cursor attribute for arrays might be a good addition, so that you 
could use the indices in calculations inside the new generalized for-loop.

An 'Index attribute might be good for initialization of arrays based on 
a formula:
    A : Array(1..3, 1..3) of Positive:=
         ( others => (A'Index(2)-1)*A'Index(1) + A'Index(2) );
would be [conceptually] equivalent to:
    A : Array(1..3, 1..3) of Positive:= (
        (1, 2, 3),
        (4, 5, 5),
        (7, 8, 9)
      );

Less restrictions (or some form of workaround) on incomplete types as 
formal parameters of generics; it was disappointing to find that they 
did not allow me to quickly, cleanly write out a small 
[test/experimental] implementation of monoids as described in the video 
"Brian Beckman: Don't fear the Monad"
  -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhuHCtR3xq8