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Subject: Re: Running a preprocessor from GPS?
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:12:09 -0700
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On 07/30/2015 04:51 AM, EGarrulo wrote:
> 
> Exactly!  And:
> 
>    Printf ("Mr %Arg you have won %Arg dollars!\n", Surname, Amount);
> 
> is much more readable than:
> 
>    Put ("Mr ");
>    Put (Surname);
>    Put (" you have won ");
>    Put (Amount);
>    Put (" dollars!");
>    New_Line;

A nice strawman argument. No one would ever write that. Depending on what Printf
does with Amount, one would either write

Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line (Item => "Mr " & Surname & " you have won" &
                              Money'Image (Amount) & " dollars!");

or

Ada.Text_IO.Put (Item => "Mr " & Surname & " you have won ");
Money_IO.Put (Item => Amount, ...);
Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line (Item => " dollars!");

both of which I find easier to read than the Printf call.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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