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On Feb 20, 12:14=A0pm, christoph.gr...@eurocopter.com wrote:
> On Feb 20, 11:44=A0am, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mail...@dmitry-kazakov.de>
> wrote:
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> > On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:43:53 -0800 (PST), christoph.gr...@eurocopter.co=
m
> > wrote:
>
> > > On Feb 19, 6:57=A0pm, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mail...@dmitry-kazakov.de>
> > > wrote:
> > >> ... and Pickwickian functions ...
>
> > > What are Pickwickian functions?
>
> > Ada 2005 functions returning limited objects, now comes it, by what? It=
 is
> > neither by-value, nor by-reference...
>
> It's build-in-place.

Sorry, maybe is slightly OT, but... Why this name?  The
Webster gives the following definition

1 : marked by simplicity and generosity
2 : intended or taken in a sense other than the obvious or literal one

while googling I obtain lots of reference to "Pickwickian syndrome".
The link with "Pickwickian functions" is rather obscure to me...