Re: ada writing guide

["Riyaz Mansoor" <s800032@student.uq.edu.au>]

link does not seem to be working ted.

"Ted Dennison" <dennison@telepath.com> wrote in message
news:8d1vhj$hdr$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <8d1rso$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).
>
> --
> T.E.D.
>
> http://www.telepath.com/~dennison/Ted/TED.html
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.