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From: dptrash@arcor.de
Subject: Ada 2012: In-out parameters for functions
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 09:28:07 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2013-05-01T09:28:07-07:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7704abab-86f2-4edc-ad4b-b3d4e70004fb@googlegroups.com> (raw)

Why does Ada 2012 have in-out parameters for functions?

Quote from the book 'Ada 2005 Rationale' (page 4): "[..] Indeed many other changes were rejected as really unnecessary. These include old chestnuts such as in out and out parameters for functions (ugh), [..]".

So, when do I use functions or procedures. Functions have return values. Any other differences?

- Dennis



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2013-05-01 16:28 dptrash [this message]
2013-05-01 17:27 ` Ada 2012: In-out parameters for functions Shark8
2013-05-01 19:04 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-01 19:37   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-01 19:58     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-02  6:41       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-02  7:11         ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-01 23:37 ` Peter C. Chapin
2013-05-03 10:48 ` anon
2013-05-03 11:04   ` Simon Clubley
2013-05-03 11:32   ` Simon Wright
2013-05-03 11:42   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-03 11:54     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-03 23:29       ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-04  1:02         ` Adam Beneschan
2013-05-05  5:16           ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-05 10:24         ` Niklas Holsti
2013-05-05 11:11           ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-05 12:52             ` Bill Findlay
2013-05-05 15:09               ` Niklas Holsti
2013-05-05 19:23                 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-05 20:37                   ` Niklas Holsti
2013-05-07  0:30                 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-07  2:36                   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-05 19:45               ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-06 15:40               ` Adam Beneschan
2013-05-06 16:17                 ` Bill Findlay
2013-05-06 16:47                   ` Adam Beneschan
2013-05-06 18:43                     ` Bill Findlay
2013-05-07  0:07                     ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2013-05-07  2:34                       ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-07  0:26             ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-06 15:26           ` Adam Beneschan
2013-05-07  0:36             ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-07  3:59           ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-07  4:13             ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-07 11:52             ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-03 11:45   ` AdaMagica
2013-05-03 23:54     ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-04  6:58       ` J-P. Rosen
2013-05-04  7:21         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-04 17:58           ` J-P. Rosen
2013-05-04  7:40         ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-04  8:05           ` Simon Wright
2013-05-04 17:55           ` J-P. Rosen
2013-05-04  0:40   ` Keith Thompson
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