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From: Mats.Weber@matrix.ch (Mats Weber)
Subject: Re: Flags in Ada?
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 14:06:10 GMT
Date: 1994-11-02T14:06:10+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Mats.Weber-0211941506100001@mlma11.matrix.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 392udo$jt4@watnews1.watson.ibm.com

In article <392udo$jt4@watnews1.watson.ibm.com>, ncohen@watson.ibm.com wrote:
> |> P.S. in case you are wondering, 'Img is a GNAT implementation defined
> |> attribute that can be applied to objects as well as being used with a
> |> subtype name like Image. The output differs only in that the darned blank
> |> is omitted for positive values. Eventually we want to extend Img to handle
> |> various types, e.g. arrays, but this is not done yet.

I think that adding implementation-specific attributes is a VERY bad idea
even, as in this case, they are useful.

The problem is that they don't need to be imported using a with clause,
and it is impossible to assess the portability of code written for that
compiler.



  reply	other threads:[~1994-11-02 14:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1994-10-28  3:59 Flags in Ada? tmoran
1994-10-28 13:43 ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-31 14:19   ` Norman H. Cohen
1994-11-02 14:06     ` Mats Weber [this message]
1994-11-03 23:08       ` Robert Dewar
1994-11-03 11:26     ` Robert Dewar
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1994-10-27  5:06 tmoran
1994-10-27 13:47 ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-28  2:41   ` Tucker Taft
1994-10-30 13:31     ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-27  5:05 tmoran
1994-10-27 13:29 ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-27 17:15 ` Norman H. Cohen
1994-10-28  3:51   ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-25 16:22 tmoran
1994-10-25 10:36 Andre Spiegel
1994-10-25 10:07 ` David Emery
1994-10-25 16:19 ` Norman H. Cohen
1994-10-26  3:19   ` tmoran
1994-10-26  9:59     ` David Emery
1994-10-26 22:32       ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-27 13:24         ` Norman H. Cohen
1994-10-27 15:15         ` John Volan
1994-10-31  9:29         ` David Emery
1994-10-27 22:34       ` Henry G. Baker
1994-10-26 14:33     ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-26 17:43     ` Norman H. Cohen
1994-10-26 15:54   ` Andre Spiegel
1994-10-26  0:36 ` Dale Stanbrough
1994-10-26 11:01   ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-27  8:23 ` Henri Altarac
1994-10-27 23:00   ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-31  9:32     ` David Emery
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