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From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada syntax questions
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DrPi <314@drpi.fr> writes:

> 1) What about array indexing ?
> In some other languages, arrays are indexed using square brackets. In
> Ada, parentheses are used for function calls and for array indexing.
> In the code "status := NewStatus(some_var);", you can't tell if
> NewStatus is a function or an array.

This is true. 

You seem to be implying this is bad; why?

> 2) In Ada, a function without arguments is called without any parentheses.
> In the code "status := NewStatus;", you can't tell if NewStatus is a
> function or a variable.

This is true. 

You seem to be implying this is bad; why?

> For my knowledge, are there good reasons for these syntaxes ?

Yes. See the Ada Rationale: http://ada-auth.org/standards/rationale12.html

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