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From: "Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei@online.no>
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Subject: Re: Ideas for Ada 200X
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Richard Riehle wrote:
> If we adopt this syntax, in Ada, we will need to include some rules in the
> language to enable the compiler to discern a clear  difference between
> the += and :=.   That is, in Ada's current model, we want to compiler to
> be able to tell us when a construct is a mistake or warn us when it will
> potentially create an incorrect execution.

How would you think about
  i := () +1;

Feel free to replace () with {} or []. Or perhaps use (.), {.} or [.].

An advantage would be that you could re-use the value several times.

e.g.
i := () + () / 100;


greetings,