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 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Alejandro R. Mosteo" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: "functional" programming in Ada Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 15:41:37 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 14:41:37 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="a4730fdd2db22275e9b65d6067cd636e"; logging-data="22189"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/RY4qukYOBz6XJlKFFVcnR" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.6.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Cancel-Lock: sha1:t2tBtgValjJz0Jd46mZ1Z9BPIv4= Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:50908 Date: 2018-03-09T15:41:37+01:00 List-Id: On 08/03/18 19:24, G. B. wrote: > Alejandro R. Mosteo wrote: >> I've found myself >> trying to force an expression function just to avoid a package body. >> >> Care to share your experiences? > > It all breaks down when I need to “see” > the computation, like when tracing. This is something I've experienced too.