Re: default formal parameters in generic declarations

[Eric Hughes <eric.eh9@gmail.com>]

On Mar 3, 8:43 pm, "Randy Brukardt" <ra...@rrsoftware.com> wrote:
> It surely was considered for the most recent language update, because I
> proposed it. See AI-299.

Thank you.  That's the exact sort of reference I was hoping for.

> The net effect is that IMHO there is no *good* reason that Ada doesn't have
> such defaults (now); they just got swept up in a tide of negativity.

The "good", apparently, was a removal from attention and a freeing up
of mental space.  That's a short-term benefit to a committee,
unfortunately, and not a long-term benefit to a community.

Eric