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From: 18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ)
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Subject: Re: Ideas for Ada 200X
Date: 16 Jun 2003 10:43:26 -0700
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Larry Hazel <lhhazel@otelco.net> wrote in message news:<1akHa.59$Rk4.4201@eagle.america.net>...
> Bill Findlay wrote:
> > On 16/6/03 06:10, in article iicHa.1009748$Zo.229290@sccrnsc03, "Steve"
> > <nospam_steved94@attbi.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>BTW: I don't really like the "+=" syntax, I like the functionality.  I would
> >>prefer something that is easier to distinguish, but has the same function.
> >>I don't have anything I think is a good syntax though.
> >>
> >>For "count := count + 3: I've considered:
> >>
> >>"+".(count, 3);
> >>count'In_Place( "+", 3 );
> >>Integer'In_Place( count, 3, "+" );
> >>
> >>With a good syntax, such functionality would I think be a good thing.
> > 
> > 
> > count := idem + 3;
> > 
> > shiftTally(shift)(dayOfWeek(month).tallyIndex).sortTally(s).nbRejects :=
> >    idem + 1;
> > 
> > Where "idem" represents a token, to be decided upon, that denotes the
> > variable on the LHS of the assignment.
> > 
> I like it.  Except for a possible conflict with the concatenation 
> operator, "&" would be a good choice for people familiar with the 
> substitution command in the unix editors .. vi, ed, and sed.
> 
> Larry

Given Mr. Riehle's and others' concerns about "+=", I could actually
go along with something like this. How about "@" to represent the
value of the left side?