From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,672b169dc220673a X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.68.195.131 with SMTP id ie3mr17363816pbc.8.1337418237375; Sat, 19 May 2012 02:03:57 -0700 (PDT) Path: pr3ni4397pbb.0!nntp.google.com!news1.google.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Marius Amado-Alves Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Vector (container) initialization: the schizophrenic ampersand Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 02:03:56 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <70817af5-96c3-4ca7-8d1c-b7635452bf4c@googlegroups.com> References: <10616734.43.1337286031745.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbjy7> <70510fa1-e554-44a7-9364-e745674c1bda@googlegroups.com> <28845c63-b06c-4ac2-b5d5-e408c0ff4b7f@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 188.80.80.196 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1337418237 6400 127.0.0.1 (19 May 2012 09:03:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 09:03:57 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=188.80.80.196; posting-account=3cDqWgoAAAAZXc8D3pDqwa77IryJ2nnY User-Agent: G2/1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: 2012-05-19T02:03:56-07:00 List-Id: > > V : My_Vectors.Vector := Element1 + Element2 + Element3; > > > > A bit less inelegant. > > > > /* But more than parenthesis or T'(...) in my view. */ > > You mean more inelegant, or more elegant? Oops, sorry, I mean more elegant, i.e. I find Element1 + Element2 + Element3 more elegant than (T'(Element1) & T'(Element2)) & T'(Element3) or variations thereof. (Textual elegancy. I agree the latter form has more semantic rigour = abstract elegancy.)