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: 103376,81bb2ce65a3240c3 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Received: by 10.68.235.102 with SMTP id ul6mr1312136pbc.8.1335619321997; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:22:01 -0700 (PDT) Path: r9ni108302pbh.0!nntp.google.com!news2.google.com!goblin1!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: What would you like in Ada202X? Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:21:59 +0200 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <3637793.35.1335340026327.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynfi5> NNTP-Posting-Host: IScaDqz75PxjEZuwX9JhvA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.00 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Date: 2012-04-28T15:21:59+02:00 List-Id: Le Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:01:48 +0200, Yannick Duch=C3=AAne (Hibou57) = a =C3=A9crit: > Mine: > [=E2=80=A6] Another one, from a Ludovic's quote elsewhere, I agree with (it happaned= I = felt the same) Le Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:43:49 +0200, Randy Brukardt = a =C3=A9crit: > "Georg Bauhaus" wrote in message > news:4f8c93a0$0$6638$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net... >> On 16.04.12 20:00, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: > ... >>> Counter example: >> >> Only in case of universally quantified propositions. None of my = >> business. >> But anyway, >> >>> procedure Leave (When : Time); >> ... >> begin >> while Now < When loop >> delay Step; >> Now :=3D Clock; >> end loop; >> Left (Slot (When)) :=3D Now; -- NB p.p. of to leave >> end Leave; >> >> I have tried to choose only unspecific or ambiguous nouns. >> Do you find this to be explaining itself well? Note the "well," >> not: possible to understand for the next few moments. > > This is irrelevant, because Ada requires the names of the parameters t= o = > be > those used in *calls*. The names used in the body probably ought to be= > nouns, but in calls, verbs or adjectives often work better: > > Leave (When =3D> Now); > > It is a smallish fault of Ada, in fact, because there almost never are= = > names > that work well both in calls and in the body. Ability to give parameters, different names, one for body and one for = invokation place. Actually, one can fake it choosing a name well suited for call=E2=80=91p= laces = (where nothing can be done) and to use renaming of parameters in the bod= y = (this, is something that can be done). That said, this is far to be a = priority, as we have renaming. -- = =E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1] =E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.= =E2=80=9D [1] [1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers= ity