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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Ada syntax questions
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 09:08:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <rrpl5t$1knn$1@gioia.aioe.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87pn34b0le.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com

On 2020-12-20 22:59, Keith Thompson wrote:

> Function calls and array indexing can be substituted for one another
> in *some* circumstances, but not it all.

IMO the only circumstances violating this substitutability are language 
design bugs and deficiencies:

- Passing array elements in in-out mode
- Assigning array elements
- Multidimensional indices
- Slices

all these must be substituable with user-defined subprograms.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de

  reply	other threads:[~2020-12-21  8:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-17 22:39 Ada syntax questions DrPi
2020-12-17 23:18 ` Gabriele Galeotti
2020-12-18  8:26 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2020-12-18  9:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-12-18 16:55 ` Mart van de Wege
2020-12-18 17:38 ` Björn Lundin
2020-12-18 19:35 ` Niklas Holsti
2020-12-20 21:59   ` Keith Thompson
2020-12-22  1:04     ` Randy Brukardt
2020-12-22  8:00       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-12-23  1:23         ` Randy Brukardt
2020-12-23  8:59           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-12-24  4:06             ` Randy Brukardt
2020-12-24  9:37               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-12-22 13:48       ` AdaMagica
2020-12-20 21:59   ` Keith Thompson
2020-12-21  8:08     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2020-12-18 23:09 ` Stephen Leake
2020-12-19 11:50   ` DrPi
2020-12-19 12:40     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-12-19 17:13       ` Andreas ZEURCHER
2020-12-19 17:49         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-12-19 18:40           ` Andreas ZEURCHER
2020-12-19 19:37             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-12-19 22:11               ` Andreas ZEURCHER
2020-12-20  8:47                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-12-20 16:53                   ` Andreas ZEURCHER
2020-12-22  0:58                     ` Randy Brukardt
2020-12-22  2:39                       ` Andreas ZEURCHER
2020-12-22 10:05                     ` Stéphane Rivière
2020-12-25  9:34                     ` G.B.
2020-12-19 17:01     ` AdaMagica
2020-12-19 21:51     ` Stephen Leake
2020-12-19 22:20       ` Andreas ZEURCHER
2020-12-20 14:10       ` DrPi
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