Re: Ada 0x Wish List

[Dale Stanbrough <dale@cs.rmit.edu.au>]

Jeffrey Carter wrote:

> This already exists. It is called a function:
> 
> B : constant Integer := 5;
> 
> function C return Integer;
> 
> In the package body:
> 
> C_Value : Integer := 8;


...and if you put C_Value in the package declaration's
private section, it'll be visible to child packages.


What -I- would like to see is a named parameter association
that shows you the mode of the parameter....

E.g.
   procedure X (a : in integer; b : in out integer; c : out integer);


   X (a <-  5,
      b <-> y,
      c  -> d);

It would be nice to see in a procedure call exactly which way
the data is going.

Not quite sure how you would represent "access" mode. Maybe
the same as "in out"?


Dale