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From: Stefan.Lucks@uni-weimar.de
Subject: Re: Dereferencing and style guides
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:35:31 +0200
Date: 2013-10-10T09:35:31+02:00	[thread overview]
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On Mon, 7 Oct 2013, Robert A Duff wrote:

> I like the syntax of Pascal: If X is a pointer, then "X" denotes that
> pointer, "X^" denotes the object it points at (all of it!), and "X^.Y"
> denotes the Y component of the object X points at (again, all of that
> component!).  And "X.Y" is illegal.
>
> Since dereference is just one character, it's not painful to read.
> And it imparts useful information.

Agreed! This is one of the few points where Ada really made things from 
Pascal worse.



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  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-10  7:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-30  6:35 Dereferencing and style guides Natasha Kerensikova
2013-09-30  7:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-09-30 12:51 ` Robert A Duff
2013-09-30 16:49   ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-09-30 18:18     ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-10-03 19:20     ` Robert A Duff
2013-10-04 13:22       ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-10-04 13:25         ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-10-07 16:10       ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-10-08  0:48         ` Robert A Duff
2013-10-10  7:35           ` Stefan.Lucks [this message]
2013-10-10 14:48             ` Adam Beneschan
2013-10-10 22:49               ` Robert A Duff
2013-10-11  8:07                 ` Bill Findlay
2013-10-11 12:52                   ` Robert A Duff
2013-10-11 13:02                     ` G.B.
2013-10-11 13:19                     ` Bill Findlay
2013-10-19  2:40                     ` Randy Brukardt
2013-10-19  2:46                     ` Randy Brukardt
2013-10-19  2:36           ` Randy Brukardt
2013-09-30 13:53 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
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