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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: What would you like in Ada202X?
Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 17:23:43 +0100
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Date: 2012-05-01T17:23:43+01:00
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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:

> "Martin" <martin@thedowies.com> wrote in message 
> news:31031393.3509.1335770929925.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbjb10...
> ...
>>> > 5) The ability to override the 'Image function
>>> > 6) An alternative to 'Image that doesn't have a leading space for 
>>> > integers!
>>>
>>> For symmetry, I suppose we'd need 'Value as well. Some might say it's
>>> less important, and if the only use of 'Image is in debugging, I might
>>> agree; but I've come across a case (white-box functional testing) where
>>> I needed both, Value so I could specify inputs and expected outputs, and
>>> Image so I could report when the results were wrong.
>>
>> Sorry Simon, I don't understand why we would need another 'Value?...
>
> I can't speak for Simon, but I would have guessed that his comment applied 
> more to (5) than to (6): if you can override 'Image, you ought to be able to 
> override 'Value as well. And if the language has additional predefined 
> 'Images, then there ought to be matching predefined 'Values as well.

My mistake; yes, Randy's right, it was for (5).