From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,577df5d4a0e88785 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-12 16:51:07 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!news-fw.gip.net!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail From: Robert Dewar Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: constant string array Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 00:39:16 GMT Organization: Deja.com Message-ID: <916gfk$e07$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.240 X-Article-Creation-Date: Wed Dec 13 00:39:16 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (OS/2; I) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x73.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.240 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDrobert_dewar Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3029 Date: 2000-12-13T00:39:16+00:00 List-Id: In article , comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org wrote: > But, definitely use them > if they increase readability, as in making precedence > clearer, or dealing with compound statements containing > multiple "or else" and "and then". Or should I say > (or else) and (and then). :-) That's a very entertaining confirmation that the thinking here is imported from other languages, seeing as Ada *requires* the use of parentheses in the latter case, so there is no question of giving advice in this case :-) Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/