RE: Cannot use NULL as identifier?

RE: Cannot use NULL as identifier?

[Beard, Frank]

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From: Ted Dennison [mailto:dennison@telepath.com]

> 3) The package ASCII is obsolescent, so I wouldn't use
> it in new code if I were you. You should be using
> "Ada.Characters.Latin_1.Nul".

As Ben Brosgol pointed out, ASCII was obsolescent before
the ASCII standard was expanded to include characters 128
through 255.  So, the odds of ASCII becoming obsolete are
slim to none.  So, I wouldn't worry too much about whether
or not to use ASCII.

Even if it does become obsolete, it is a relatively
simply global substitute to replace "ASCII" with 
"Ada.Characters.Latin_1.Nul", or do a library level rename.
Besides "Ada.Characters.Latin_1.Nul" being ugly to look at,
if for nothing else, I will continue to use ASCII to avoid
the lame analogies of Latin to Ada made by some of the C++
hacks ("A dead language for a dead language").

Frank

Re: Cannot use NULL as identifier?

[John English]

"Beard, Frank" wrote:
> Even if [ASCII] does become obsolete, it is a relatively
> simply global substitute to replace "ASCII" with
> "Ada.Characters.Latin_1.Nul", or do a library level rename.

You'd also have to put "with ASCII" in front of the relevant units,
since it would then be a normal package rather than part of Standard.

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Re: RE: Cannot use NULL as identifier?

[Ted Dennison]

In article <mailman.991259244.32559.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>, Beard, Frank
says...
>if for nothing else, I will continue to use ASCII to avoid
>the lame analogies of Latin to Ada made by some of the C++
>hacks ("A dead language for a dead language").


There's a point where one can become too sensitive.

C++ hacks are going to crack lame jokes no matter what you do. As a former patsy
in the urban American game sometimes known as "the dozens" (or "snaps"), I can
testify that in a verbal sparring match, the *only* defense is a good offense.


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Re: Cannot use NULL as identifier?

[Florian Weimer]

"Beard, Frank" <beardf@spawar.navy.mil> writes:

> As Ben Brosgol pointed out, ASCII was obsolescent before
> the ASCII standard was expanded to include characters 128
> through 255.

Well, I think I've got a current copy of the ASCII standard, and it
defines only 128 characters...