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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: Ideas for Ada 200X "left hand side" repeater.
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 07:52:03 +0000 (UTC)
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Bill Findlay wrote:
> On 17/6/03 17:59, in article e_GdnRh0ovFS1XKjXTWJkg@gbronline.com, "Wesley
> Groleau" <wesgroleau@despammed.com> wrote:
> 
>> But it seems to me that renames covers all the "wishes"
>> so far except two.  And it adds two:
>> 
>> 1. It lets the programmer indicate that the occurrences of the LHS in the RHS
>> are *necessarily* the same, and not contingently so, which makes the code more
>> self-documenting.
> 
> (Renaming does not achieve that.)

Why doesn't it?

>> 3. It allows more concisely readable code when the LHS is lengthy.
> 
> (Renaming certainly does not achieve that - it requires me to write a block
> to 'simplify' an expression.)

Currently yes, but it doesn't need to.

Preben
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