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On 31 Mai, 19:13, "Vinzent Hoefler"
<0439279208b62c95f1880bf0f8776...@t-domaingrabbing.de> wrote:
> On the other hand, if you want a function to return its result, because it
> looks more natural, you cannot use an "Success : out Boolean", so it may be
> more convenient to raise an exception for errors instead of using an "out"-
> parameter for the result.

Ada 2012 will add [in]out-parameters to functions.

Hope the amendment will soon be finished. Actually this was due in
April, as far as I know. But polishing the text and correcting any
errors introduced is an overwhelming job.