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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: ada writing guide
Date: 2000/04/12
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In article <8d1rso$bir$2@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au>,
  "Riyaz Mansoor" <s800032@student.uq.edu.au> wrote:
>
> i was wondering where i can get/find ada code conventions? i know C
> has a standard.

Try the Ada Quality and Style Guide, at
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/languages/ada/ajpo/docs/style-guide/95style/h
tml/cover.html

It is mean to be tailored to match site-specific guidlines, but it still
should give you a good idea of what is typical usage.

> like for example what is the "standard" way to write a procedure
> declaration.
>
> procedure (D : in out Data; C : in Cata);
> procedure
>    (D : in out Data;
>     C : in     Cata);

You forgot the procedure's name. ;-)  I prefer:
   procedure Foo
      (D : in out Data;
       C : in     Data
      );

but some prefer
   procedure Foo (D : in out Data;
                  C : in     Data);

I prefer the former because the parameters start in a standard place,
and won't get squeezed for space if the procedure name is long. Also,
its easier to see that the parens match. It does use up more vertical
real-estate, though (in this case, twice as much).

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