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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: border1.nntp.ams3.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams3.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams2.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams2.giganews.com!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!gegeweb.org!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: Ada 2012: In-out parameters for functions Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 04:34:53 +0200 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <7704abab-86f2-4edc-ad4b-b3d4e70004fb@googlegroups.com> <19a6badd-ed0f-4023-9100-b9ab653a7f23@googlegroups.com> <7d34787f-9965-42bc-b847-6ccbbf473f6a@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: /5uFWkegPs0CGJSoRIUiIw.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 User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.15 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Original-Bytes: 2601 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:181470 Date: 2013-05-07T04:34:53+02:00 List-Id: Le Tue, 07 May 2013 02:07:21 +0200, Dennis Lee Bieber = a =C3=A9crit: > While I don't care for the proposal -- don't we have an IDE lying > around that could look up the declaration while cursoring over a call?= > I'd suggest replacing "mode keywords" with "intent keywords" Ada source, whatever their format is (actually plain text), should be = readable without the help of analysis of an IDE's tools, I personally = expect it to be readable as text in whatever format, readable in the = format it is to be written with. Else that would mean Ada RM should also= = specifies IDE's required capabilities? The analysis tools are for the = added value, not the primary value, and should not be required to read t= he = source correctly (just a personal expectation though, opinions may = differs). -- = =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