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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!newsfeed.xs3.de!io.xs3.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!franka.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED.rrsoftware.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: body stub not allowed in inner scope Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 16:10:24 -0600 Organization: JSA Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: <55cd79f5-4b37-4b08-b292-073ed2f37021@googlegroups.com> <15c49c4e-726a-4fd7-bf35-c7d27ff9a491@googlegroups.com> Injection-Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 22:10:25 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: franka.jacob-sparre.dk; posting-host="rrsoftware.com:24.196.82.226"; logging-data="9677"; mail-complaints-to="news@jacob-sparre.dk" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.7246 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:50799 Date: 2018-03-02T16:10:24-06:00 List-Id: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" wrote in message news:p7b8c6$dq2$1@gioia.aioe.org... > On 02/03/2018 08:14, J-P. Rosen wrote: >> Le 01/03/2018 à 23:38, Randy Brukardt a écrit : >>> Yes, but why put them in a separate file in the first place? The only >>> reason >>> I know not to do that is that editors (and compilers) used to have size >>> limits. It's usually easier to have one big file because it makes fewer >>> places to look for things. (The subunits in Janus/Ada are annoying >>> because >>> one opens the body to find something only to find it isn't there and a >>> different file has to be opened. Often, I don't know exactly what I'm >>> looking for and have to bounce back and forth several times.) >>> >> I think your opinion is closely linked to the fact that you don't use >> (AFAIK) modern editors. With GPS or Emacs, you click on an entity and >> "goto declaration" to retrieve it. OTOH, long scrolls are annoying, so >> there is a clear benefit in having your stuff split on several, not too >> big files. > > + modern wide-screen displays capable to show 2-3 tabs/windows with code > side-by-side. Being able to see both maim body and the separate one is a > big advantage. That works with any editor (nothing prevents opening multiple MS-DOS windows - I usually have about 20 of those open). The real problem is that one needs a massive screen to really have enough room - I once calculated that I'd need a 52" screen to show all of the source code that I need to see to work on the compiler side-by-side. And I had better vision then; I probably couldn't even see the edges of such a screen today (it would have to wrap around my head at an even 18-24" distance!!) One of the reasons I never use GPS is because it comes up in a font that is rugged and too hard to read on my computer. Making it bigger fixes that, but then I'd need a lot larger screen than the 24" one I have today. Moral: these things help, but not that significantly. Randy.