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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.cygnus.argh.org>
Subject: Re: Why is it Called a Package?
Date: 2000/03/29
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Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com> writes:

> FWIW, I don't like ".all" -- I prefer Pascal's "^".

A missing or a surplus dereference operation can make a huge
difference, and sometimes, both variants are legal Ada code.  So it's
probably better to have a clear mark for this, and "^" is perhaps too
easily overlooked.  Personally, I prefer U+2191 (UPWARDS ARROW) to
".all", but the former would involve a quite radical change. ;)