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From: "(see below)" <news@findlayw.plus.com>
Subject: Re: _Type vs no _Type
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:10:55 +0000
Date: 2010-11-06T17:10:55+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <C8FB3C9F.DDA%news@findlayw.plus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: g99f7vycatem$.1xtq9qp9kz0rt.dlg@40tude.net

On 06/11/2010 07:12, in article g99f7vycatem$.1xtq9qp9kz0rt.dlg@40tude.net,
"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:

> For commutative operations like "+" it becomes a bit difficult:
> 
>    function "+" (2 * Summand : T) return T;    -- (:-))
> 
> which BTW, illustrates another problem. The name meaningful for the client
> is not necessarily meaningful for the implementation and conversely.

SCL, the command language for the ICL/Fujitsu VME OS, is loosely based on
Algol 68 and has a facility to deal with this. A procedure's signature
includes for each parameter, as well as its identifier and type, an optional
"keyword". It is the latter that is used where Ada uses the formal parameter
identifier, in named parameter associations. Only the formal parameter
identifier can be used within the procedure body.

-- 
Bill Findlay
with blueyonder.co.uk;
<surname><forename>




  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-11-06 17:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 190+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-31 22:00 Beginners question: Compound types, how-to? Mart van de Wege
2010-10-31 22:36 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-31 23:27   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-01  7:14     ` Mart van de Wege
2010-11-01 19:22       ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-02  9:38     ` J-P. Rosen
2010-11-01  3:55 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-01  7:12   ` Mart van de Wege
2010-11-01 15:04     ` Shark8
2010-11-01 17:06       ` Mart van de Wege
2010-11-01 17:39         ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-01 17:58           ` Mart van de Wege
2010-11-01 19:19         ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-01 19:41           ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-01 20:56             ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-01 21:05               ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-03 16:56             ` Warren
2010-11-03 17:01               ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-03 17:42                 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-11-04  5:23                   ` Stephen Leake
2010-11-04  9:41                     ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-06 16:49                       ` Stephen Leake
2010-11-06 18:43                         ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-06 19:35                         ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-12 20:17                       ` Randy Brukardt
2010-11-12 21:25                         ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-04 10:09                     ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-06 16:53                       ` Stephen Leake
2010-11-06 19:24                         ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-04 17:46                     ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-03 20:38                 ` Warren
2010-11-03 20:50                   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-03 22:32                   ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-04 13:59                     ` Warren
2010-11-04 20:57                       ` Martin
2010-11-05 20:43                         ` Warren
2010-11-03 20:44                 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-03 20:45                   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-03 21:27                   ` Simon Wright
2010-11-03 22:44                   ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-04  1:19                     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-04  5:18                       ` Shark8
2010-11-04  6:30                         ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-04 14:23                           ` Warren
2010-11-04 10:29                       ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-04 11:06                         ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-04 12:56                           ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-01 19:59           ` Shark8
2010-11-01 20:43             ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-01 21:54               ` Shark8
2010-11-01 21:01             ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-01 21:49               ` Shark8
2010-11-02  0:07           ` Adam Beneschan
2010-11-02  8:17           ` Stephen Leake
2010-11-02  8:29             ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-02  8:50               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-03 12:02               ` Searching for "_Type" discussions Stephen Leake
2010-11-02 19:02             ` Beginners question: Compound types, how-to? Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-02 19:22               ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-02 20:24                 ` Simon Wright
2010-11-03 12:14                   ` _Type vs no _Type Stephen Leake
2010-11-03 21:16                     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-03 21:19                       ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-04  5:37                         ` Stephen Leake
2010-11-04  5:29                       ` Stephen Leake
2010-11-03 21:29                     ` Simon Wright
2010-11-04  5:28                       ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2010-11-04  6:06                         ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-04  6:40                         ` Shark8
2010-11-05 17:49                           ` Florian Weimer
2010-11-05 18:18                             ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-04 18:29                         ` Britt Snodgrass
2010-11-04 19:08                           ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2010-11-04 19:47                             ` Britt Snodgrass
2010-11-04 19:59                             ` Simon Wright
2010-11-04 22:38                               ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-05  7:05                               ` Florian Weimer
2010-11-05  8:48                                 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-05 16:01                                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-05 19:26                                     ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-05 19:34                                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-05 19:35                                       ` Florian Weimer
2010-11-05 20:08                                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-05 20:14                                           ` Florian Weimer
2010-11-05 21:01                                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-05 20:45                                         ` Warren
2010-11-05 22:59                                           ` Brian Drummond
2010-11-09 20:29                                             ` Warren
2010-11-05 21:37                                         ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-05  3:10                             ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-05  6:54                             ` J-P. Rosen
2010-11-05 16:39                               ` Robert A Duff
2010-11-05 23:32                                 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-11-06  0:55                                   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-06 13:40                                     ` Simon Wright
2010-11-05 17:29                             ` Robert A Duff
2010-11-05 19:28                               ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-05 23:09                                 ` Robert A Duff
2010-11-06  0:44                                   ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-06 21:10                                     ` Robert A Duff
2010-11-07  0:01                                       ` Brian Drummond
2010-11-07 20:41                                       ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-07 21:03                                         ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-05  6:49                           ` J-P. Rosen
2010-11-05  7:05                           ` Florian Weimer
2010-11-05  7:20                             ` J-P. Rosen
2010-11-05 17:39                               ` Florian Weimer
2010-11-05 18:08                                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-05 23:36                                 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-11-06  1:05                                 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-05 10:58                             ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-05 16:31                               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-05 17:38                                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-05 17:31                               ` Florian Weimer
2010-11-05 18:02                                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-05 23:29                               ` J-P. Rosen
2010-11-06  0:00                                 ` Robert A Duff
2010-11-06  0:12                                   ` Simon Wright
2010-11-06 11:34                                   ` J-P. Rosen
2010-11-06  0:01                                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-09 20:43                             ` Warren
2010-11-05 17:24                         ` Robert A Duff
2010-11-05 20:05                           ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-11-05 22:28                             ` Robert A Duff
2010-11-04 17:40                     ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-05 17:15                       ` Robert A Duff
2010-11-05 19:24                         ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-05 22:52                           ` Robert A Duff
2010-11-06  0:40                             ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-06  7:12                               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-06 10:13                                 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-06 11:00                                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-06 11:35                                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-06 13:34                                     ` Simon Wright
2010-11-06 14:53                                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-06 20:52                                   ` Shark8
2010-11-06 21:58                                     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-07  2:57                                       ` Shark8
2010-11-07  3:12                                         ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-07  6:37                                         ` J-P. Rosen
2010-11-06 17:10                                 ` (see below) [this message]
2010-11-06 22:08                                   ` Niklas Holsti
2010-11-06 22:24                                     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-06  0:42                             ` Shark8
2010-11-06 13:24                               ` Robert A Duff
2010-11-06 21:20                                 ` Shark8
2010-11-06 22:12                                   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-16 20:33                                     ` Randy Brukardt
2010-11-06  1:33                             ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-04 17:49                     ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-02 20:38                 ` Beginners question: Compound types, how-to? Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-02 20:59               ` Britt Snodgrass
2010-11-03  0:46                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-03  1:59                   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-03 12:59                     ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-03 15:28                       ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-03  8:58                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-03 12:31                     ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-03 12:18                   ` Stephen Leake
2010-11-03 13:12                     ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-04  0:55                     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-03 17:35                   ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-11-03 21:19                     ` Simon Wright
2010-11-03 21:31                       ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-11-04  5:25                         ` Stephen Leake
2010-11-04 17:47                           ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-04  6:11                         ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-04 19:30                           ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-11-04 17:42                         ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-03 12:06               ` Stephen Leake
2010-11-04  1:04                 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-04 17:11                 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-04 13:47               ` Peter C. Chapin
2010-11-04 14:30                 ` Warren
2010-11-01 17:24     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-01 21:31       ` Simon Wright
2010-11-01 19:05     ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-01 11:50   ` (see below)
2010-11-01 17:16     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-01 17:27       ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-11-01 17:41         ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-01 17:55           ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-01 18:12       ` Adam Beneschan
2010-11-01 19:25     ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-11-01 12:03 ` Brian Drummond
2010-11-01 12:17   ` Florian Weimer
2010-11-01 13:05   ` Mart van de Wege
2010-11-01 22:45     ` Brian Drummond
2010-11-01 23:17       ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-02  8:32         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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