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From: Michael Bode <m.g.bode@web.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Localized Variable Declaration
Date: 03 Jun 2002 07:29:33 +0200
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dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) writes:

> So let's correct that and write something that makes the
> original point (which was valid and appropriately stated)
> with correct code in good style:
> 
> > procedure .... is
> > begin
> >   Put_Line("write two numbers");
> >   declare
> >     a : constant Integer := Read (...);
> >     b : constant Integer := Read (...);
> >     c : constant Float := Float (a) * Float (b) * 42.42;
> >   begin
> >     Put_Line ("answer = " & Float'Image (c));
> >   end;
> > end ....;

Could someone please help a poor Ada beginner and tell me when to
leave a blank between a function name and its parameter list and when
not? I personally find the above Put_Line("write two number"); more
readable than Float := Float (a) * Float (b) * 42.42; because I think
of a function and its parameters as a unity, but I've seen the blanks
in textbooks quite often. OTHO "Ada Quality and Style" favors the
Put_Line(...)

PS: No Holy War intended.