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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: A case where Ada defaults to unsafe?
Date: 4 Jan 2002 09:39:06 -0600
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In article <wccwuyycht9.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com>, Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com> writes:

> If you're looking for cases where Ada makes the default less safe, I can
> think of a few.  Here's one: "X: T := ...;" is a variable, whereas
> "X: constant T := ...;" is a constant.  IMHO, it should be the other way
> around ("X: var T := ...;" for a variable), since constants are safer
> than variables.

Only if testing is thorough.