From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,4ce5890331a5b529 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!94.75.214.39.MISMATCH!aioe.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Discriminants of tagged types Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:34:04 +0200 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <14314714-e92c-4036-9cbb-da8e72489261@h7g2000yqn.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: si1wcqmfPAlDmjwCD+0L/g.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.63 (Win32) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14846 Date: 2010-10-27T18:34:04+02:00 List-Id: Le Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:06:52 +0200, Robert A Duff = a =C3=A9crit: >> (except that now the "distinguished receiver" notation is gone...) > > I'm not a big fan of that notation. Neither I am :p [*] But may this is a bit to be by-the-book (depends on = = the so invoked book though). In the mean time, this is an appealing = notation for whom coming from the C++ world and other similar-looking = areas (this help them to feel better at the new home). [*] Avoid it help traceability I feel (except Randy may argue it is just= a = matter of good Ada tools/editors), and it is also to me a kind or mark o= f = =E2=80=9Cimplementation level=E2=80=9D (because this is the same-looking= notation you have = when you access components of records=E2=80=A6 accesses which are sugges= ted to = exist only at implementation level). -- = Si les chats miaulent et font autant de vocalises bizarres, c=E2=80=99es= t pas pour = les chiens.