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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Running a preprocessor from GPS?
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:55:30 -0500
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"EGarrulo" <egarrulo@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 3:06:29 PM UTC+2, G.B. wrote:
>> Another option is to use a folding editor that
>> hides things you do not currently wish to see.
>> It's like running a preprocessor all the time.
>
> But in this case, the meaningful line is the nested one.  I don't know any
> folding editor that supports hiding the outer level of a nested
> block.

No,  there is no meaningful line here. As Dmitry said, there is no semantic 
value to the trace line, so if you are working on the core code, the entire 
trace is noise (and might as well be hidden). And if you are working on the 
tracing, the "if" and "end if" provide a delimiter of where it starts and 
ends (in our uses, the tracing typically is 3-5 lines).

In any case, this is the *least* of the verbosities of using Ada. If you 
can't handle this, I suspect you can't handle good Ada code, either. Perhaps 
you're in the wrong place? (Not that I want to drive away possible Ada 
converts, but someone who does not see the value of the more verbose Ada 
syntax and semantics is not likely to be happy using Ada.)

                                 Randy.