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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a24:4913:: with SMTP id z19-v6mr6809836ita.35.1527532705917; Mon, 28 May 2018 11:38:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:6210:: with SMTP id g16-v6mr1093668otj.4.1527532705806; Mon, 28 May 2018 11:38:25 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.uzoreto.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!v8-v6no5552849itc.0!news-out.google.com!b185-v6ni4753itb.0!nntp.google.com!u74-v6no5523238itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 11:38:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=76.113.16.86; posting-account=lJ3JNwoAAAAQfH3VV9vttJLkThaxtTfC NNTP-Posting-Host: 76.113.16.86 References: <55ce14eb-6b83-4ea0-a550-f9e1410d0b06@googlegroups.com> <51dfb377-1b3e-45ca-a211-158101efe557@googlegroups.com> <090d6eb2-9f52-4471-a22e-ce1bdf457188@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Strings with discriminated records From: Shark8 Injection-Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 18:38:25 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:52751 Date: 2018-05-28T11:38:25-07:00 List-Id: On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 1:42:24 AM UTC-6, Simon Wright wrote: > > declare > M : Nights.Message := Nights.Create ("Hello World"); > begin > null; > end; One thing you could do here to reduce an assignment is change M's declaration to: M : Nights.Message RENAMES Nights.Create ("Hello World"); This eliminates a whole set of adjust/finalize by eliminating the temporary anonymous object AND the assignment. (Ok, so it's really giving a name to the anonymous object so you can use it directly.)