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In article <_xRT7.4398$xl6.682759@rwcrnsc54>, Mark Lundquist says...
>"Brian Rogoff" <bpr@bpr.best.vwh.net> wrote in message
>news:Pine.BSF.4.40.0112181924260.32168-100000@bpr.best.vwh.net...
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>> happy with a bit more shorthand, like +:=
>
>As long as it doesn't return a value :-)
>
>I might prefer a more longhand shorthand :-), e.g.
>
>    X'Increment;                        -- (X names object of integer type)
>    X'Increase (By => 1.23);     -- (X names object of any numeric type,
>here a FP type)
>    etc...

Actually, 'Succ already does this, but it is a function and doesn't have an
amount. Perhaps if it took an amount, this would be sufficient? But then again,
'Succ works on enumerated types too, which would have us use something
nonsensical like "Month'Succ (Current_Month, February)" to bump the value by 2
enumerations.

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