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Subject: Re: What do you think about this?
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On 06/27/2015 10:12 AM, Laurent wrote:
> 
> How is that the compiler accepts that part "return A & B & C;"? Or is that
> some sort of shortcut which has been introduced at some point. I have seen it
> been used quite often in JB Ada 2005 and it even works with more complex
> types but I didn't find an detailed explanation.

The syntax for a function return is

return <expression>;

where <expression> has the correct type. Here the correct type is String, and
the expression has type String.

> It sucks that renaming function Make_Antibiotique... to function Antibiotique
> ... doesn't work because I get conflicts between the Type Antibiotique and
> the function. So what is the recommendation for naming in this case.
> 
> package Antibiotiques...
> 
> type Antibiotique is private;
> 
> function Make_Antibiotique... return Antibiotique;
> 
> end Antibiotiques;

First I would recommend against mixing languages. Since Ada reserved words are
almost entirely English words, this implies using English identifiers.

I would do

package Antibiotics is
   type Antibiotic_Info is private;

   function Antibiotic ... return Antibiotic_Info;
end Antibiotics;

-- 
Jeff Carter
"My brain hurts!"
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