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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: need help learning Ada for a modula-2 programmer
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On 01/29/2014 05:15 AM, Mike H wrote:
>
> generic
>     type Item is private;
>     type Index is (<>);
>     type Array_type is array (index range <>) of Item;
> function Shift_right_circular
>     (A        : Array_type;
>     Places : Natural) return Array_type;

I'd call that Rotate_Right, personally.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Sir Robin the not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Lancelot,
who had nearly fought the Dragon of Angnor,
who nearly stood up to the vicious Chicken of Bristol,
and who had personally wet himself at the
Battle of Badon Hill."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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