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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada2012 : Expression functions and extended return statements
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"Martin" <martin@thedowies.com> wrote in message 
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On Jan 6, 3:11 pm, "J-P. Rosen" <ro...@adalog.fr> wrote:
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>> In Ada, we favour the reader over the writer, don't we?
>
>Not necessarily, with the advent of expression functions!! ;-)

Huh? An expression function is just a shorthand for writing a simple 
function; it argubly easier to read because it has less noise. "begin" "end" 
"return" don't add much information here, and you still can add the 
whitespace if you think it helps readability.

                                         Randy.