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=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,334f9012742e58fc X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!85.214.198.2.MISMATCH!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: BrianG Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Gnat GPL 2010 available soon (conditional expressions) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:19:39 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <2010061621145016807-sjs@essexacuk> <0fa4c574-9539-492f-8514-d32c68beb22a@w31g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> <1frrgtpa5dycl$.12kl72iqsg3dx$.dlg@40tude.net> <4c270613$0$6974$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <1wuwvzgwlwgli$.1birkinieia0d$.dlg@40tude.net> <1ur19ais2ejih.mjbgdsv9pr66.dlg@40tude.net> <4c275562$0$6987$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <4c276114$0$2378$4d3efbfe@news.sover.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:17:01 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx03.eternal-september.org; posting-host="X0sR6lEhRoGDrnEgu5TXyQ"; logging-data="24732"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19xLhDHuzzBrJRf62giM97M" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100317) In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:C7IQHMj95EDFlxqqqbHFwoQCftw= Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:12980 Date: 2010-06-29T21:19:39-04:00 List-Id: Randy Brukardt wrote: > "Peter C. Chapin" wrote in message > news:4c276114$0$2378$4d3efbfe@news.sover.net... > ... > Note that one advantage of conditional expressions is that they can avoid > duplicating code. For instance, > So, I guess for Ada'2w we can expect ++, --, +=, -=, and their brethren. That's the same argument that's always been used there. This is one case (maybe the first) I agree with Dmitry. It's an ugly addition. Maybe it's a good thing my current project is stuck on Ada'95. --Brian