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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ce0900b60ca3f616 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-05 03:50:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!pln-e!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!drn From: pete@nospam Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Side-Effects in Functions [Rosen Trick] Date: 5 Nov 2001 03:19:39 -0800 Organization: Newsguy News Service [http://newsguy.com] Message-ID: <9s5skb09lv@drn.newsguy.com> References: <9rti6v$hcu$1@news.huji.ac.il> <1EyE7.10050$xS6.13527@www.newsranger.com> <9rue9f$j4t$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9ruiet$kqg$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BE3235D.E292B890@boeing.com> <3BE35498.9F6381A2@acm.org> <9s230d$107b5a$2@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <5ee5b646.0111040507.5ca7ea23@posting.google.com> <9s3tl3$111hco$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <5ee5b646.0111041846.93f3e07@posting.google.com> <9s5eub02j61@drn.newsguy.com> <3be666fe.6426140@News.CIS.DFN.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-199.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: Direct Read News 2.90 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15798 Date: 2001-11-05T03:19:39-08:00 List-Id: In article <3be666fe.6426140@News.CIS.DFN.DE>, dmitry@elros.cbb-automation.de says... > >But what I presonally cannot understand is why not to allow >PROCEDUREs having a result, i.e. > >procedure Find (Folder : in out Table) return Table_Token; > >procedure GetNext (Item_List : in out Iterator) return Element; > this is a joke, right?