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From: Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Announce: Grace project site operational
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 10:01:02 +0200
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On 10 May 2002 12:35:45 -0700, dennison@telepath.com (Ted Dennison)
wrote:

>Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote in message news:<gc1ndukgsts9ake0le6q9ot8s4a3l1l2hn@4ax.com>...
>
>> We already have two different words for IS: "is" and ":=", "use" would
>> be a third one. (:-))
>
>I always thought of ":=" as "gets" rather than "is". If it were "is",
>then
>
> A := 2;
> B := 10;
> A := B;
>
>Ought to pull some kind of exception. Perhaps something like
>"non_euclidian_geometry". :-)

Actually I didn't mean assignment. I thought about initialization:

X : constant Integer := 2;

which is an equivalent [alas, incomplete with regard of tagged types
(:-()] to

function X return Integer is
begin
   return 2;
end X;

That could be:

X : constant function return Integer :=
begin
   return 2;
end X;

(:-))

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Regards,
Dmitry Kazakov
www.dmitry-kazakov.de