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Subject: Re: Ada 2012: In-out parameters for functions
Date: Sun, 05 May 2013 13:11:55 +0200
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Le Sun, 05 May 2013 12:24:50 +0200, Niklas Holsti  =

<niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid> a =C3=A9crit:

> How about reusing the mode keywords:
>
>    Proc (
>       In_Param  =3D> in A,
>       Out_Param =3D> out B,
>       In_Out_Param =3D> in out C);
>

> An alternative, perhaps more English-like, [=E2=80=A6]
>
>    Proc (
>       in In_Param  =3D> A,
>       out Out_Param =3D> B,
>       in out In_Out_Param =3D> C);
>

But may be the first is more Chinese=E2=80=91like :P (I don't know, I do=
n't know  =

Chinese)

Not joking, the first looks better to me, it better express what it mean=
s  =

as the mode is closer to the actual parameter which is the subject of th=
e  =

mode (the same way at the declaration, it is closer to the type, which i=
s  =

the best to me for a similar reason).

Seems this topic was not discussed at all for Ada 2012.


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