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From: "Alex R. Mosteo" <alejandro@mosteo.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Ada requires too much typing!
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J-P. Rosen wrote:

> Alex R. Mosteo a écrit :
>> Martin Krischik wrote:
>> 
>> (...)
>> 
>>> function f returns Integer
>>>
>>>    package i is
>>>      g : Integer := 0;
>>>    end i;
>>>
>>> begin
>>>    i.g := i.g + 1;
>>>    return i.g;
>>> end f;
>> 
>> Do you mean that i.g retains value across calls here? Never saw this
>> construct before, and not what I would have thought... interesting.
> No! In Ada, no construct lives longer than its scope (unlike C static
> variables)

Yep, I saw in other reply. I admit it was a most unsettling idea at first 
sight.