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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,79bbf7e359159d0d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-06 10:40:54 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison Sender: usenet@www.newsranger.com References: Subject: Re: newbie can't get exceptions to work! Message-ID: Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 17:39:34 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.208.22.130 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com X-Trace: www.newsranger.com 986578774 209.208.22.130 (Fri, 06 Apr 2001 13:39:34 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 13:39:34 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6582 Date: 2001-04-06T17:39:34+00:00 List-Id: In article , Robert A Duff says... > >"Marc A. Criley" writes: > >> I was very pleased with the addition of "use type" to Ada 95, despite >> the opinion of a some that it's an ugly addition that was included >> merely to avoid having to write "renames" clauses for operators. To me, >> not having to write such renames clauses de-clutters the code, improving >> its appearance and readability. > >Not only do the renames clutter -- they are also quite error prone. True. Everyone who's accidentally renamed "<" to ">", raise your hand... * | --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com