From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b6e97963d32ee242 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-21 21:06:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!c03.atl99!news.webusenet.com!news02.tsnz.net!newsfeed01.tsnz.net!ken-transit.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The old "Object.Method" syntax debate References: User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.3b1 (PPC Mac OS X) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 04:04:38 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.47.50 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1053576278 144.132.47.50 (Thu, 22 May 2003 14:04:38 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 14:04:38 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37624 Date: 2003-05-22T04:04:38+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote: > tmoran@acm.org wrote: > >> > Well with a decent IDE -- e.g., GNAT with emacs and ada-mode, just > >> > click on the identifier, and go to the subprogram spec. > >> > >> Sure, but try this on printed paper :-) > > Do the 170 lines of change include changing all tools that have > > Ada syntax built in? > > Huh? If you write an ASIS based program (and ASIS would also have to change) you would have to modify it to cope with the new syntax. How many of these programs are there? dale