From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: Community Input for the Maintenance and Revision of the Ada Programming Language
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 19:08:46 +0200
Date: 2017-09-02T19:08:46+02:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: <47cc6474-8b75-4644-92d0-bd1f694c20e7@googlegroups.com>
On 09/02/2017 12:49 PM, Vincent DIEMUNSCH wrote:
>
> A(+i) simply means A(A'First +i).
And so it should simply be written A (A'First + I).
What would A(+Red) mean? Indices don't have to be numeric.
A(+I) is already defined for numeric I. This would not be backward compatible,
so it's very unlikely to happen.
Finally, keystroke-saving constructs like this, or +=, are contrary to the
explicit design goals of the language. The ARM Introduction, under Design Goals,
says of the design of the language that "emphasis was placed on program
readability over ease of writing" (wording unchanged since at least Ada 83).
Since you can write A (A'First + I), the only possible reason for your proposal
is to save a few keystrokes. If you want fewer keystrokes, use APL.
--
Jeff Carter
It's better to be root than to reboot.
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2017-08-03 5:45 Community Input for the Maintenance and Revision of the Ada Programming Language Randy Brukardt
2017-08-03 12:06 ` Lucretia
2017-08-03 12:52 ` Lucretia
2017-08-09 21:08 ` Luke A. Guest
2017-08-09 21:12 ` Luke A. Guest
2017-08-10 14:43 ` Lucretia
2017-08-10 15:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-11 1:27 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-08-11 1:24 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-08-11 5:54 ` G.B.
2017-08-10 5:41 ` G.B.
2017-08-10 14:41 ` Lucretia
2017-08-10 15:25 ` J-P. Rosen
2017-08-10 15:42 ` Luke A. Guest
2017-08-10 15:44 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-11 0:56 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-08-11 1:10 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-08-11 22:43 ` Shark8
2017-08-12 2:40 ` Luke A. Guest
2017-08-11 14:42 ` Justin Sq
2017-08-11 14:48 ` jsquirek
2017-08-11 17:10 ` Luke A. Guest
2017-08-11 17:24 ` Justin Sq
2017-08-11 20:09 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-11 21:13 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-08-18 21:06 ` Robert Eachus
2017-08-31 0:49 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-08-31 7:36 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2017-08-31 9:52 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-31 12:49 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2017-08-31 13:16 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-31 14:09 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2017-08-31 14:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-31 15:45 ` Simon Wright
2017-08-31 16:08 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-31 18:51 ` Georg Bauhaus
2017-08-31 23:54 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-09-01 3:51 ` Justin Sq
2017-09-01 7:24 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-09-01 12:23 ` jsquirek
2017-09-03 1:17 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-08-18 20:33 ` Robert Eachus
2017-08-19 1:24 ` Shark8
2017-08-19 8:55 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-19 16:38 ` Shark8
2017-08-19 17:09 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-22 6:02 ` Robert Eachus
2017-08-22 7:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-26 4:41 ` Robert Eachus
2017-08-26 6:29 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-26 7:16 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2017-08-26 7:48 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-27 12:03 ` Robert Eachus
2017-08-27 12:35 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-27 14:44 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2017-08-27 16:32 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-19 8:47 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-10 12:18 ` J-P. Rosen
2017-08-10 12:40 ` Lucretia
2017-08-10 15:17 ` J-P. Rosen
2017-08-11 8:33 ` AdaMagica
2017-08-10 16:28 ` Pascal Obry
2017-08-10 16:52 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-10 17:08 ` Luke A. Guest
2017-08-10 17:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-11 1:02 ` Lucretia
2017-08-11 6:08 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-11 20:51 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-08-10 17:06 ` Luke A. Guest
2017-08-11 1:31 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-08-11 6:24 ` G.B.
2017-08-11 7:57 ` Stefan.Lucks
2017-08-11 8:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-11 8:53 ` Stefan.Lucks
2017-08-11 9:12 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-11 9:22 ` AdaMagica
2017-08-12 18:29 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2017-08-29 16:01 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2017-08-09 15:24 ` Johan Söderlind Åström
2017-08-09 17:23 ` Shark8
2017-08-09 18:49 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-08-31 6:59 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2017-08-28 23:49 ` faryumg
2017-08-29 8:17 ` Simon Wright
2017-08-31 13:35 ` Johan Söderlind Åström
2017-09-02 10:49 ` Vincent DIEMUNSCH
2017-09-02 11:04 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-09-02 11:21 ` Johan Söderlind Åström
2017-09-02 15:22 ` Vincent DIEMUNSCH
2017-09-02 17:19 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2017-09-04 20:52 ` Johan Söderlind Åström
2017-09-03 1:30 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-09-06 15:02 ` Johan Söderlind Åström
2017-09-06 15:57 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2017-09-06 18:56 ` Johan Söderlind Åström
2017-09-06 21:21 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-09-08 21:04 ` Johan Söderlind Åström
2017-09-08 21:46 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-09-08 23:55 ` Johan Söderlind Åström
2017-09-16 12:49 ` Johan Söderlind Åström
2017-09-16 13:10 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-09-17 11:05 ` AdaMagica
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2017-09-08 22:13 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
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2017-10-02 19:01 ` Randy Brukardt
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2017-10-02 18:57 ` Randy Brukardt
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2017-09-03 1:35 ` Randy Brukardt
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2017-09-05 22:25 ` Randy Brukardt
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2017-09-02 17:08 ` Jeffrey R. Carter [this message]
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