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From: Simon Wright <simon.j.wright@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Are there noticable differences in Ada acceptance by country?
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:39:31 +0000
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gpriv@axonx.com writes:

> From my own C experience: using code from different sources X and Y
> coordinates in function calls were in different order: foo(x,y);
> boo(height, width), etc. Easy to overlook.

That was my point (I expect I failed to make it properly): if you use
a record for Coordinate, your chance of getting the components the
wrong way round is hugely reduced, and I don't think the added value
of making the H & V components different _types_ is worth the added
cost.