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From: Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid>
Subject: Re: Parameterised 'Image Attributes
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 20:58:13 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <kl45hlF7jupU1@mid.individual.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <uchukd$1lnvp$1@dont-email.me>

On 2023-08-28 13:58, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On 2023-08-28 11:18, Stephen Davies wrote:
> 
>> I did read Randy's response, he explained the difficulty in adding
>> parameters to 'Image,
> 
> He rather explained that this will never happen... (:-))
> 
> There is no good reason why attributes should not have the same 
> parameter syntax as subprograms and entry calls.


Yes in principle, but it is understandble that making this happen now 
could impact both the language definition and various implementations in 
non-trivial ways.


> Neither there is one 
> why 'Image must be a non-overridable attribute


In Ada 2022, 'Image is defined to call the new attribute 'Put_Image, 
which can be specified (ie. overridden) by the programmer for any type.

See http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/22rm/html/RM-4-10.html.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-08-28 17:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-08-18  7:18 Parameterised 'Image Attributes Rod Kay
2023-08-18  8:25 ` Luke A. Guest
2023-08-19  9:14   ` J-P. Rosen
2023-08-19 10:03     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-08-19 11:45       ` Luke A. Guest
2023-08-19 11:56       ` J-P. Rosen
2023-08-19 13:01         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-08-19 15:27     ` Jeffrey R.Carter
2023-08-20  7:53       ` G.B.
2023-08-20  9:27         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-08-21 23:11           ` Randy Brukardt
2023-08-21 23:37           ` Randy Brukardt
2023-08-22  7:38             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-08-19 16:49     ` moi
2023-08-20  7:25       ` Randy Brukardt
2023-08-20  9:43         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-08-21 23:34           ` Randy Brukardt
2023-08-22  8:13             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-08-23 10:20               ` Stephen Davies
2023-08-23 16:16                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-08-24 19:59                   ` Stephen Davies
2023-08-25  7:26                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-08-25  9:04                       ` Stephen Davies
2023-08-25 13:02                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-08-28  9:18                           ` Stephen Davies
2023-08-28 10:58                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-08-28 15:42                               ` Stephen Davies
2023-08-28 16:09                                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-08-28 17:33                                   ` G.B.
2023-08-28 19:08                                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-08-28 17:58                               ` Niklas Holsti [this message]
2023-08-28 19:08                                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-09-07  1:04                               ` Randy Brukardt
2023-09-07  9:01                                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2023-08-18 18:53 ` Keith Thompson
2023-09-23 10:00 ` Rod Kay
2023-09-26  5:47   ` Vadim Godunko
2023-09-26 10:15     ` Rod Kay
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