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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada2012 : Expression functions and extended return statements
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Martin <martin@thedowies.com> writes:

> On Jan 7, 1:50 am, "Randy Brukardt" <ra...@rrsoftware.com> wrote:
>> "Martin" <mar...@thedowies.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:a40448ab-4508-4861-99ae-1a7b63d59f69@ck5g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...
>> On Jan 6, 3:11 pm, "J-P. Rosen" <ro...@adalog.fr> wrote:
>>
>> >[snip]
>> >> 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.
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ada/browse_frm/thread/4bb12335caa3231a/91a870f32263ab04?lnk=gst&q=enjoying#91a870f32263ab04

It's always been possible to write Ada that won't get past a code review!