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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Understanding Booleans
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 10:39:07 +0000 (UTC)
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On 21 Nov 2001 20:23:34 -0800, Robert Dewar wrote:
> Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com> wrote in message news:<3BFBDF14.4B83708B@boeing.com>...
>> Preben Randhol wrote:
>> > 
>> >       if Get_Active (Object) = True then
>> 
>> Am I the only one who finds this objectionable? It ends 
>> up meaning the
>> same thing as
>> 
>> if Get_Active (Object) then
> 
> 
> Absolute rules of style are the hobgoblins ... OK you know
> the quote. But it really is appropriate here.
> 
> Write whatever is clearer to the reader, and do not think
> you can avoid the obligation of figuring out what is clearer by having
> absolute rules.
> 
>        if At_End_Of_File = True then

A statement like above will be optimised by the compiler to say :

   if At_End_Of_File then

or will the compiler check if True = True then / if False = True then


Preben
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