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: 103376,79bbf7e359159d0d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-09 15:02:08 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison Sender: usenet@www.newsranger.com References: <9ao1if$cq9$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <3ACFC902.115624A1@mindspring.com> Subject: Re: newbie can't get exceptions to work! Message-ID: Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 21:59:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.208.22.130 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com X-Trace: www.newsranger.com 986853546 209.208.22.130 (Mon, 09 Apr 2001 17:59:06 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 17:59:06 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6678 Date: 2001-04-09T21:59:06+00:00 List-Id: In article , Brian Rogoff says... > >> Why do you *need* to pick out arrays? > >Because I am a programmer. Reading code is just one of those things that I >do from time to time. Given that arrays and functions are different, >programmers who read other people's code need to know what's what when >reading. I had guessed that you are a programmer. I was hoping for a reason that's a little more specific. I still don't see why someone trying to track down an unrelated problem in some source code always needs to know that a particular value came out of an array instead of a function. >> worry about how MyObject.Field gets its value, *then* I'll go track down its >> definition. I take it you don't like this either? > >You take it wrong. However, I wouldn't mind if a different symbol were I'm confused. Exactly why is it that you consider "MyObject.Field" (record or function call) ok, but "MyObject(Index)" (array or function call) bad? --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com