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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,334f9012742e58fc X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!87.79.20.105.MISMATCH!news.netcologne.de!ramfeed1.netcologne.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool1.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Subject: Re: Gnat GPL 2010 available soon (conditional expressions) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de Organization: cbb software GmbH References: <2010061621145016807-sjs@essexacuk> <0fa4c574-9539-492f-8514-d32c68beb22a@w31g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> <1frrgtpa5dycl$.12kl72iqsg3dx$.dlg@40tude.net> <4c270613$0$6974$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <1wuwvzgwlwgli$.1birkinieia0d$.dlg@40tude.net> <1ur19ais2ejih.mjbgdsv9pr66.dlg@40tude.net> <4c275562$0$6987$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <4c276114$0$2378$4d3efbfe@news.sover.net> <4rdrvu1jskwp.1aomtio1yk12o.dlg@40tude.net> <4c2885df$0$2386$4d3efbfe@news.sover.net> <4c28b616$0$6874$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:36:53 +0200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Jun 2010 18:36:54 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 18456f29.newsspool4.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC==TQ\3MEVY7S@@RW1FjIB5S4IUK67Cdc?2T[6LHn;2LCV^[3R=AiQ On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:47:50 +0200, Georg Bauhaus wrote: > On 29.06.10 16:08, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: > >>> The use of conditional expressions in "normal" code is optional (I >>> think) but I can see that once you add them to the language, forbidding >>> them from normal code would seem oddly inconsistent. >> >> Yes. This is exactly same as anonymous access types and other "workaround" >> things. Once you let them in, they won't leave. > > Conditional expressions will not be everywhere if your project uses > a source code analysis tool with suitable settings. The only code analysis tool is the compiler, otherwise the language is to be fixed. -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de