Re: Mneson announcement and help request

[Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com>]

Martin Dowie wrote:

> Standard idiom:                         MAA Idiom:
> 
> while not End_Of_File (Current_Input)   begin
> loop                                       loop
>    Get_Immediate (C);                         Get_Immediate (C);
> end loop;                                  end loop;
>                                         exception
>                                            when End_Error =>
>                                               null;  -- End of file
>                                         end;

The standard idiom should be

loop
    exit when End_Of_File (Current_Input);

    Get_Immediate (C);
end loop;

which eliminates the calls to "not". In addition, it uses positive 
logic, rather than the negative logic required by while, which is easier 
to read and understand.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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