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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: border1.nntp.ams3.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams2.giganews.com!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!rt.uk.eu.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT GPL 2013 bug? Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:43:38 +0200 Organization: cbb software GmbH Message-ID: References: <19fr4wmxmen$.gjbias2fj461$.dlg@40tude.net> <1pe6z4dg2xk9j$.1wdn31ijaldz3.dlg@40tude.net> Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de NNTP-Posting-Host: RXJ+FkxPc8/mFTAaIGiJWQ.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Original-Bytes: 1902 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:183002 Date: 2013-08-13T08:43:38+02:00 List-Id: On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:12:51 -0500, Randy Brukardt wrote: > "Dmitry A. Kazakov" wrote in message > news:k71biho5pjg7.16zreugtnwyc6$.dlg@40tude.net... >> On Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:04:02 -0400, Robert A Duff wrote: > ... >> BTW, why Ada 2005 used incompatible null-exclusion instead of compatible >> null-permission, e.g. >> >> procedure P (X : null or access T); -- I accept null >> >> or something like that? > > Because that would make the syntax for named access and anonymous access > different, Which is anyway, considering the qualifier "all", modes "out", "in out" not available for anonymous access. It has very little in common with named access beyond sharing the word "access". -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de