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From: martin.dowie@btopenworld.com (Martin Dowie)
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Subject: Re: Ada Configuration API for Unix and Windows
Date: 4 Dec 2002 05:09:29 -0800
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Stephen Leake <Stephen.A.Leake@nasa.gov> wrote in message news:<usmxeu2vd.fsf@nasa.gov>...
> > I'm guessing but it could be to ensure the user has a second look and
> > doesn't
> > get their 'keys' and 'values' the wrong way round (as both would be
> > strings)...
> 
> Hmph. That's what named association is for:
> 
> Put (reg, Key => "A_Key", Value => "A Value");

Yes, but I still find some engineers who don't use it.
Presumably as it it more typing for their fingers!
Never mind the how useful the feature is. :-(

Perhaps this wasn't the reason, I was just guessing
after all.