Re: C# new features (v.7)

[Hadrien Grasland <hadrien.grasland@gmail.com>]

I would disagree with point #3.

Le mercredi 14 décembre 2016 14:29:47 UTC+1, gautier...@hotmail.com a écrit :
> I've come across a list of new features in the upcoming version of C#.
> Funnily, a good half are already in Ada - four of them actually already in Ada 1983 !
> I've marked here with a '*' those items, a '.' items where I think a similar feature exists and '-' where I think the feature doesn't exist in Ada.
> Comments and corrections are welcome.
> 
> *  Feature # 1 - Binary literals
> *  Feature # 2 - Digit Separators
> *  Feature # 3 - Tuple data type now available as Value type

While this feature is mostly about record aggregates, they add to it the ability to declare anonymous record types, which would never land in Ada. So I would call it a '.'.


> .  Feature # 4 - Out parameters now have a fluid usage
> *  Feature # 5 - Local functions
> .  Feature # 6 - Ref returns and ref locals
> *  Feature # 7 - New possibility for throw expressions
> -  Feature # 8 - New possibility for lambda expression bodied methods
> -  Feature # 9 - Pattern matching for types
> 
> Perhaps an Ada support by Microsoft anytime soon ?...

Considering the quality of their C++ compiler, I would rather NOT have Microsoft becoming popular in the Ada ecosystem :)

Hadrien