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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1de1981df403322c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-07 10:19:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.vmunix.org!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newsr1.ipcore.viaginterkom.de!btnet-peer1!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: "Martin Dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: New limited range type? Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:18:57 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Message-ID: References: <1068220677.950551@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1068224385.790621@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host81-129-48-51.in-addr.btopenworld.com X-Trace: sparta.btinternet.com 1068229137 28802 81.129.48.51 (7 Nov 2003 18:18:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:18:57 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2220 Date: 2003-11-07T18:18:57+00:00 List-Id: "Hyman Rosen" wrote in message news:1068224385.790621@master.nyc.kbcfp.com... > Martin Dowie wrote: > > Standard operator precedent rules should apply - I can't see > > that as being outragous? > > But Ada doesn't define operator evaluation order, so this would > be a major change in the language. (Not a bad one, just big.) Well it 'kind of' does in that the order must be "an allowed result for the left-to-right association". You could argue that the case "A := B + C - D," for these 'limited range' types _can_only_ be equivilent to "A := (B + C) - D;".