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From: Martin <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada vs Eiffel - Ada programmer approach
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 06:39:36 -0700 (PDT)
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On Jun 4, 2:25=A0pm, Robert A Duff <bobd...@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote:
> Ludovic Brenta <ludo...@ludovic-brenta.org> writes:
> > I think my point was precisely that Ada assertions were different from
> > Eiffel's. I like the fact that, in Ada, I can place assertions in the
> > middle of a complex subprogram; this is not possible Eiffel, as you
> > aptly described.
>
> It's possible in Eiffel -- Eiffel has a feature analogous to Ada's
> pragma Assert.
>
> Newer versions of GNAT have pragmas Precondition and Postcondition.
> We're thinking about adding pragma Invariant.
>
> The ARG is also thinking about adding pre/post/inv features to
> the language.
>
> - Bob

Please! :-)

Cheers
-- Martin