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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: Interresting difference in Normal-Returns/Expression-Functions and Extended-Returns.
Date: Fri, 03 May 2013 06:34:28 +0100
Date: 2013-05-03T06:34:28+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <lyehdor5i3.fsf@pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: e7ef987b-3fdb-4b59-bfd5-918006cf1ce2@googlegroups.com

Adam Beneschan <adam@irvine.com> writes:

> I still think that anonymous access types should only be used when
> necessary, since there are special accessibility level rules for
> anonymous access types that have some surprising consequences.  There
> may be cases where it's beneficial to take advantage of those special
> rules.  But one should not use anonymous access types just because
> "hey, Ada lets us do it now and I can just throw in a pointer without
> having to think up a type name, like C programmers get to do!".  A
> good rule might be "don't use anonymous access types unless you've
> read 3.10.2 and understand it thoroughly."  (OK, that was a joke.)

This sounds like wise advice, that should go into a style guide.


  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-03  5:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-22 18:27 Interresting difference in Normal-Returns/Expression-Functions and Extended-Returns Shark8
2013-04-22 19:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-04-22 20:11   ` Shark8
2013-04-23  6:15     ` Simon Wright
2013-04-23  7:35     ` Stephen Leake
2013-04-23  8:58     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-02  2:20     ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-02  4:41       ` Shark8
2013-04-23  6:32 ` egilhh
2013-04-23 15:24   ` Adam Beneschan
2013-04-24  5:56     ` egilhh
2013-04-24 14:40       ` Adam Beneschan
2013-04-25  5:30         ` egilhh
2013-04-25  5:41           ` Shark8
2013-04-23 16:00 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-04-23 16:52   ` Simon Wright
2013-04-23 17:57     ` Adam Beneschan
2013-04-25  8:48       ` egilhh
2013-04-25 15:19         ` Adam Beneschan
2013-05-02  2:33         ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-02  2:38       ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-02 16:15         ` Adam Beneschan
2013-05-02 22:00           ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-03  1:11         ` Adam Beneschan
2013-05-03  5:34           ` Simon Wright [this message]
2013-05-03  6:43           ` egilhh
2013-05-03 16:49             ` Adam Beneschan
2013-05-03 23:09           ` Randy Brukardt
2013-04-23 23:00     ` Shark8
2013-04-23 23:16       ` Adam Beneschan
2013-05-02  2:28   ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-02 16:37     ` Adam Beneschan
2013-04-23 16:33 ` Simon Wright
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