From: jsa@organon.com (Jon S Anthony)
Subject: Re: Q: access to subprogram
Date: 1996/07/03
Date: 1996-07-03T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <JSA.96Jul2221357@organon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Dtxu2p.97F@world.std.com
In article <Dtxu2p.97F@world.std.com> bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff) writes:
> During the design of Ada 9X, we proposed a SAFE way of taking 'Access of
> more-deeply-nesting subprograms. To this day, I remain astonished and
> sad that this particular feature didn't make it into Ada 95. After
> all, even Pascal has that feature! And GNU C, which allows nested
> functions (unlike standard C) allows this feature.
Bob,
Is there an "elevator version" of why people didn't want this in? Tucker,
if you are reading this, what swayed you to not let this in???? It's
not one of those things that bothers me all that much (well, it hasn't)
but it is indeed curious...
/Jon
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1996-07-02 0:00 Q: access to subprogram tmoran
1996-07-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony [this message]
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-14 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Thomas Wolff
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Thomas Wolff
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-19 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-22 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-23 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-23 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-23 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-24 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-24 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-24 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-28 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Thomas Wolff
1996-07-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-19 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-07 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-07 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-07 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-14 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-14 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-17 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-07-17 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-17 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-20 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-07-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-16 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-07 0:00 ` Mark Eichin
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Magnus Kempe
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-07-17 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-12 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-16 0:00 ` Magnus Kempe
1996-07-14 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-16 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-24 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-25 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-25 0:00 ` David Kristola
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Thomas Wolff
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-30 0:00 ` David Kristola
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-28 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-25 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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1996-07-05 0:00 tmoran
1996-07-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-15 0:00 tmoran
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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