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From: "Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen" <tarjei.jensen@kvaerner.no>
Subject: Re: Question for the folks who designed Ada95
Date: 1999/04/28
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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,