Re: Expectation of Access Value Equality

[Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@d2-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>]

Nick Roberts <nickroberts@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
: (a) Would you be surprised by:
: 
:   Print( (+"foo",+"bar",+"",+"") );
: 
: printing three lines?

No.

 
: (b) Would you be surprised by:
: 
:   Print( (+"foo",+"bar",+"hum",+"foo") );
: 
: printing one line?

No, but I was surprised to see four lines (which adds 
TODO items to my list, among them, look up the meaning of new
with string literals. Is a pointer to a new string made from
a literal different from another of the same making?)

: (c) What would you think of an implementation that caused this behaviour?
: (What would you think of an implementation that printed four lines in both
: cases?)

I'd think that it might be correct and that I am wrong.
But I'd try to make sure I am wrong.

: (d) I'd be grateful for a very brief indication of your level and broad
: area(s) of programming experience, in Ada and other languages.

Writing programs for a living mostly in Java (standalone and for Servlet
containers), XSL, Perl; some teaching experience; Ada hobbyist.


Georg