From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: "functional" programming in Ada
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 14:09:45 +0100
Date: 2018-03-06T14:09:45+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <p7m3uo$c05$1@gioia.aioe.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: p7luc6$fu7$1@dont-email.me
On 06/03/2018 12:34, Alejandro R. Mosteo wrote:
> In a recent project I've started using in full if/case expressions and
> expression functions... and I'm a bit scared at the amount of use I have
> for them. I'm using these constantly.
That is how wrong ideas become most popular ones.
> Pros: purely recursive functions are really fun to write. If/case
> expressions, used sparingly, do help a lot in having constant
> declarations in local scopes. I'm writing more code in declarative parts.
>
> Cons: the temptation of writing function bodies in the spec is too big.
> At least I try to keep them in the private part, but I've found myself
> trying to force an expression function just to avoid a package body.
>
> Care to share your experiences?
Better not to have any.
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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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2018-03-06 11:34 "functional" programming in Ada Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-03-06 13:09 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2018-03-06 14:35 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-03-06 15:08 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-03-06 16:00 ` Manuel Collado
2018-03-06 16:37 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-03-06 22:16 ` Manuel Collado
2018-03-07 8:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-03-07 4:46 ` Paul Rubin
2018-03-06 13:29 ` Mehdi Saada
2018-03-06 14:34 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-03-06 14:36 ` Mehdi Saada
2018-03-06 15:27 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-03-06 16:26 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2018-03-06 20:17 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-03-07 14:30 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-03-06 15:01 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-03-06 15:25 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-03-07 10:07 ` Maciej Sobczak
2018-03-07 10:52 ` Mehdi Saada
2018-03-07 13:11 ` Pascal Obry
2018-03-07 13:53 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-03-07 16:13 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-03-12 0:13 ` Robert I. Eachus
2018-03-08 3:34 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-03-08 8:23 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-03-08 22:49 ` G. B.
2018-03-09 8:38 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-03-09 8:40 ` Simon Wright
2018-03-09 13:39 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-03-07 15:03 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-03-07 15:16 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-03-07 20:34 ` Robert A Duff
2018-03-07 22:47 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2018-03-08 0:26 ` Shark8
2018-03-08 0:45 ` Paul Rubin
2018-03-08 11:07 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-03-08 18:24 ` G. B.
2018-03-09 14:41 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
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