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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ae67f75abbc71211 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-24 22:37:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!not-for-mail From: David Starner Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why not using [] instead of () for array? Date: 25 Feb 2002 05:28:06 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: References: <9ff447f2.0202241719.446bf17b@posting.google.com> Reply-To: starner@okstate.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e5294.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.3 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20347 Date: 2002-02-25T05:28:06+00:00 List-Id: On 24 Feb 2002 17:19:01 -0800, Adrian Hoe wrote: > I don't know if this has been discussed before. But I think this is a > good question. What exactly the reason for using () rather than []? I > strongly believe a strong reason exists which I don't know. Anyone? [] are not in the ISO 646 safe subset - that is, there are a few systems (and there used to be more) that either uses EBCDIC (which doesn't include []) or use a national variant of ASCII that puts accented characters or the like in those spots. -- David Starner - starner@okstate.edu What we've got is a blue-light special on truth. It's the hottest thing with the youth. -- Information Society, "Peace and Love, Inc."