From: "R. Tim Coslet" <R_Tim_Coslet@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: Unchecked Deallocation?
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 03:00:06 GMT
Date: 2002-07-13T03:00:06+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <B954E4C6.4872%R_Tim_Coslet@pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mRKX8.166938$Uu2.37175@sccrnsc03
Think of Procedures as "Commands": they do things and can change the state
of variables.
Think of Functions as "Queries": they calculate and look up things, but are
not allowed to change the state of variables.
That slightly oversimplifies it, but it is the "basic" difference between
the two in Ada.
--
R. Tim Coslet
r_tim_coslet@pacbell.net
Technology, n. Domesticated natural phenomena.
> From: Caffeine Junky <nospam@hotmail.com>
> Organization: AT&T Broadband
> Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
> Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 00:52:34 GMT
> Subject: Re: Unchecked Deallocation?
>
>
> I seem to have an affinity for functions, and I dont know why. Any
> rules of thumb on when it's a good idea to (use/not use)
> functions and procedures in Ada95?
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2002-07-12 22:44 Unchecked Deallocation? Caffeine Junky
2002-07-12 23:12 ` Robert A Duff
2002-07-13 0:52 ` Caffeine Junky
2002-07-13 3:00 ` R. Tim Coslet [this message]
2002-07-13 2:31 ` tmoran
2002-07-13 3:10 ` Caffeine Junky
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