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,f51e93dacd9c7fca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-18 11:03:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!bpr.best.vwh.net!bpr Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Brian Rogoff Subject: Re: status of Ada STL? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <3d0ce154_5@news.bluewin.ch> <3D0D4274.6C5E02F9@acm.org> <4519e058.0206170753.599fd771@posting.google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 18:03:40 +0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.220.65.223 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 1024423185 192.220.65.223 (Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:59:45 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:59:45 GMT Organization: Verio Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26272 Date: 2002-06-18T18:03:40+00:00 List-Id: On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Frank J. Lhota wrote: > > I prefer :=, and if I could change C I would change = to := and modify > > all of the shorthand operators to look like Icon (:+= and the like). > > Actually, the Icon augmented assignment operators look like this: "+:=". You're right, a typo, and no Icon here to check. > I think that the Icon augmented assignment operators would be a worthwhile > addition to Ada, not so much for optimizations but for readability. A smart > compiler could probably optimize While I agree, the chances for such a change in Ada are infinitesimal. Better to complain about things that may actually get fixed, like downward funargs, or a more powerful (C++ like ;) exception system. -- Brian