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From: Bill Findlay <news@findlayw.plus.com>
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Subject: Re: Syntax of extended return statement
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:03:55 +0000
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On 16/03/2011 02:23, in article wccoc5bkdmd.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com,
"Robert A Duff" <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote:

> Bill Findlay <news@findlayw.plus.com> writes:
> 
>> My problem is that I see no justification for that in the Ada 2005 RM, which
>> gives:
>> 
>> extended_return_statement ::=
>> 
>> return defining_identifier:[aliased] return_subtype_indication[:=expression]
>> [do
>>    handled_sequence_of_statements
>> end return]; 
> ...
> 
>> Can anyone enlighten me?
> 
> "constant" is allowed by AI05-0015.  If you look at the latest version
> of the RM, you will see that syntax allowed.

Aha! Out-of-date RM! Now I can sleep easy. 8-)

Thanks, Bob.

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