From: Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com>
Subject: Re: A question re meaning/use of the "for ... use ..."
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 01:41:33 GMT
Date: 2004-12-08T01:41:33+00:00 [thread overview]
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Randy Brukardt wrote:
> That was proposed early in the Ada 9x process (that is, "when expr" on
> returns, raise, etc.). It eventually got dropped as not important enough
> when the scope of Ada 9x was reduced.
As one of those who submitted such a proposal, I'm well aware of this.
> Generally, we haven't looked at "nice to haves" or things that got dropped
> from Ada 9x (conditional expressions is another thing that comes to mind).
> There wasn't exactly a groundswell of comments in those areas, either.
I don't consider conditional expressions as promoting the consistency of
the language.
--
Jeff Carter
"Brave Sir Robin ran away."
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-05 15:27 A question re meaning/use of the "for ... use ..." Erik J Pessers
2004-12-05 15:47 ` Martin Krischik
2004-12-05 15:59 ` Stephen Leake
2004-12-05 16:52 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-12-06 19:59 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-12-07 1:36 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-12-07 2:40 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2004-12-07 20:59 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-12-08 1:41 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2004-12-08 8:40 ` Martin Dowie
2004-12-08 16:23 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-12-08 3:18 ` Keith Thompson
2004-12-08 13:48 ` David C. Hoos
2004-12-08 19:50 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-12-08 23:00 ` Keith Thompson
2004-12-09 23:06 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-12-10 2:26 ` Keith Thompson
2004-12-10 19:42 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-12-10 21:18 ` Keith Thompson
2004-12-11 0:53 ` Keith Thompson
2004-12-10 3:13 ` David C. Hoos
2004-12-10 9:23 ` Keith Thompson
2004-12-10 13:24 ` David C. Hoos
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