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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!news.uni-weimar.de!medsec1.medien.uni-weimar.de!lucks From: Stefan.Lucks@uni-weimar.de Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Dereferencing and style guides Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:35:31 +0200 Organization: Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar Message-ID: References: <5249ab97$0$6625$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: medsec1.medien.uni-weimar.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323329-1449708222-1381390532=:26647" X-Trace: pinkpiglet.scc.uni-weimar.de 1381390592 995 141.54.178.228 (10 Oct 2013 07:36:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@pinkpiglet.scc.uni-weimar.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 07:36:32 +0000 (UTC) X-X-Sender: lucks@debian In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Alpine 2.10 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:17409 Date: 2013-10-10T09:35:31+02:00 List-Id: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323329-1449708222-1381390532=:26647 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE 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=20 Pascal worse. ------ I love the taste of Cryptanalysis in the morning! ------ --Stefan.Lucks (at) uni-weimar.de, Bauhaus-Universit=E4t Weimar, Germany-- --8323329-1449708222-1381390532=:26647--