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: 2002-06-26 20:00:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!wn1feed!worldnet.att.net!bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "David Thompson" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3d0ce154_5@news.bluewin.ch> <3d0e574d_2@news.bluewin.ch> <3d0fb5e8$1_3@news.bluewin.ch> Subject: Re: status of Ada STL? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Message-ID: <_cvS8.63267$UT.4317265@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 03:00:10 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.89.133.191 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1025146810 12.89.133.191 (Thu, 27 Jun 2002 03:00:10 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 03:00:10 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26736 Date: 2002-06-27T03:00:10+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > I've seen [+= etc.] suggested in this thread and others. I guess I don't like > the way it looks and I think there is a problem with it. In C, the "=" > operator is a function call with side effects. In Ada the ":=" operator is > *not* a function - its a primitive operation of the language. ... Um, in C = assignment is the builtin operator, as is == equality. Presumably you mean C++ where they can be user-defined (overloaded) but only where at least one operand is of user-defined i.e. class (including struct and union) or enum type. -- - David.Thompson 1 now at worldnet.att.net