From: "Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen" <tarjei.jensen@kvaerner.no>
Subject: Re: Question for the folks who designed Ada95
Date: 1999/04/28
Date: 1999-04-28T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7g72rf$hjh3@ftp.kvaerner.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7g4mrs$v5n$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com
Robert Dewar wrote :
>
>In other words:
>
> a(5)
>
>is a reference to a mapping, and you want the range value
>given the domain value 5. Whether this is implemented by
>an array or a function is an implementation detail that
>should not affect the syntactic form of reference.
What would a(5) := 4; mean then? You cannot assign to a function as far as I
know. Which in my opinion voids the function opposition to the common
convention of using square brackets for array indices.
I don't mind if the function addicts still writes a(5) := 4, if I can write
a[5] := 4.
Greetings,
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Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-04-26 0:00 Question for the folks who designed Ada95 Corey Ashford
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Geert Bosch
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Fraser Wilson
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-30 0:00 ` David Brown
1999-04-27 0:00 ` bill
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Al Christians
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Al Christians
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-27 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-27 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-27 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen [this message]
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-28 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Brian Hanson
1999-04-28 0:00 ` bill
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1999-04-30 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Bill Ghrist
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Question for the folks who designed Ad David Kristola
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Paul Duquennoy
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Question for the folks who designed Ada95 Aidan Skinner
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Fraser Wilson
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
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