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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Ada syntax and style question
Date: 1998/01/02
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Wes says

<<Ada (95) Quality and Style suggests using at least one space
outside of the quotes for string (") character (') literals, except
where prohibited.
>>

DO they really want

  a := 'b' ;

and

  a := ( 'b' );

I find both ugly, but of course these kind of surface syntax things are
mostly a matter of what one is used to.