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 10.58.181.103 with SMTP id dv7mr3594972vec.15.1381162228557; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:10:28 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.62.20 with SMTP id u20mr772937igr.11.1381162228471; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:10:28 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!news.glorb.com!a6no6290057qak.0!news-out.google.com!9ni20631qaf.0!nntp.google.com!i2no2202460qav.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 09:10:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=129.59.203.120; posting-account=7Oy7OQoAAABhVYFOo553Cn1-AaU-bSfl NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.59.203.120 References: <5249ab97$0$6625$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Dereferencing and style guides From: Eryndlia Mavourneen Injection-Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 16:10:28 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:17404 Date: 2013-10-07T09:10:27-07:00 List-Id: On Thursday, October 3, 2013 2:20:47 PM UTC-5, Robert A Duff wrote: > > . . . > > No, sorry, I think the ".all" syntax is just plain weird. > > - Bob ".all" *is* weird; however, some construct is required, for instance, to distinguish a stand-alone identifier for an object of an access type from a parameterless subprogram. There may be other situations that require it that I am not aware of. -- Eryndlia (KK1T)