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-Thread: 103376,c58a5b8372dc24a0 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!feeder.erje.net!feeder.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J-P. Rosen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: confusion with string initialization Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:12:48 +0200 Organization: Adalog Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:12:51 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: feeder.eternal-september.org; posting-host="Dn22F68J9CHYFQQlT81DGA"; logging-data="30301"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+7gn8726KWM1AJWnRnD7KZ" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:7FnAtD9IFeooKvzbyGGNhrfndrk= Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:11030 Date: 2010-04-19T16:12:48+02:00 List-Id: Colin Paul Gloster a �crit : > Why did you consider a book which makes which packages things are in > unclear by mutiliating programs by means of the USE keyword to be > excellent? Because it makes lisibility a lot better by drawing attention of the reader on what actually the thing does, and getting rid of useless information that you can find easily by clicking on the identifier and selecting "go to declaration". (Ok, Ok, I'm a bit provocative here, but I'm tired of seeing people jumping on beginners and insisting on a notation that can drive them away of the language screaming). -- --------------------------------------------------------- J-P. Rosen (rosen@adalog.fr) Visit Adalog's web site at http://www.adalog.fr