Re: ada writing guide

[Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.cygnus.argh.org>]

Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com> writes:

> I have already explained that this scenario can occur just as easily
> when the revision control master files are not directly accessable.

No, you have shown that careless programmers can make a mess even if a
CM system is used.  For example, with CVS, a programmer cannot commit
his changes to a file if they are based on an outdated version (i.e. a
newer one has been committed to the repository since he first checked
out the file).  He has to adapt his changes to match the newest
version of the file first.  Of course, if the programmer doesn't
handle this situation properly, changes to the file might get lost.
But if a programmer can't cope with this situation (the simple format
of the file makes merging the changes particularly easy), you are soon
going to have much severe problems than lost entries in a exception
list controlling identifier casing.

> So you have now agreed that you find the current version of emacs
> Ada mode "quite unacceptable".

I think Robert talked about CM systems. ;)