Re: newbie problem - how to

[Chris Morgan <mihalis@ix.netcom.com>]

Dana Holland <dana@nav.cc.tx.us> writes:

> bill_so@hotmail.com.nospam wrote:
> > 
> > any one who writes code that looks like this, should not be writing code !
> 
> As I've already explained, the indentation was originally there...

here we go - cut it into emacs, select the whole buffer, M-x
indent-region, and bingo :


task body WriteChar is
   c : character;
   i : integer;
begin
   loop
      select
	 when not Buffer.full=>
	   accept Write(ch : in character) do
	      c := ch;
	   end Write;
	   i := (Buffer.rear + 1) mod 10;               <-------   Line 23
	     delay 0.01;
	   Buffer.rear := i;
	   Buffer.empty := false;
	   Buffer.List(Buffer.rear) := c;
	   i := Buffer.count + 1;
	   delay 0.1;
	   Buffer.count := i;
	   if (Buffer.count = 10) then
	      Buffer.full := true;
	   end if;
      or
	 delay 0.1;
      end select;
   end loop;
end WriteChar;


> 
> You know, when someone asks a question in an area where I'm skilled, I
> don't attempt to make them feel like an idiot.  I either answer the
> question, or politely explain why I can't answer it - or, if I simply
> don't feel like being bothered, I don't post a response at all. 
> "Newbies" have to learn somewhere - as far as I know, there is no one on
> this planet who was born with complete knowledge of Ada, C++, COBOL, or
> any other language.  I think it's very sad that people who want to learn
> can't afford to ask a question of experienced users because of the risk
> of being ridiculed.

Agreed, but this group does quite well normally.

Chris

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