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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Case dependence and coding standards
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 15:44:33 +0000 (UTC)
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Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> Wesley Groleau <wesgroleau@despammed.com> wrote:
>: Rational's pretty-printer as of 4.2 can vertically align all of:
>: 
>: :=  in  out  =>  :  --    (although it's still not perfect)
> 
> Tabular	layout	may	or	may	not	be	an
> advantage	,	I	am	still	eager	to
> hear	arguments	,	other	than	tired	programmers
> liking	the	tidy	look	of	it	.

Only place I think it may be useful is to do something like below:

procedure Many_Things
   (Text : out String;
    Amount : in Natural;
    Transform : in Boolean;
    Prefix : in String := "");

using tabs (although I alsways use spaces and 3 is max) makes it a bit
easier to read IMHO

procedure Many_Things
   (Text      : out String;
    Amount    : in  Natural;
    Transform : in  Boolean;
    Prefix    : in  String := "");

This too.

procedure Many_Things
   (Text      :    out String;
    Amount    : in     Natural;
    Transform : in     Boolean;
    Prefix    : in     String := "");

-- 
Preben Randhol                    http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/