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Subject: Re: Ada 2012: In-out parameters for functions
Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 04:36:54 +0200
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Le Tue, 07 May 2013 02:30:47 +0200, Randy Brukardt <randy@rrsoftware.com=
>  =

a =C3=A9crit:
> Right. But the flip side to this is that it would be impossible to
> compatibly change a subprogram specification. Today, we can change "in=
  =

> out"
> to "in" and "in out" to "out" without breaking any calls -- and I've h=
ad  =

> to
> do both. Having the modes everywhere would definitely make the code mo=
re
> fragile.

That would be at author's discretion, would not be required.

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=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=
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