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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: Ideas for Ada 200X
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 08:06:52 +0000 (UTC)
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Russ wrote:
> Simple, clear, only two characters, and no conflict with "/=". What do
> you think?

No I don't find :+ so clear. It is harder to read as it lacks the :=.
But I find it hopeless to try find a syntax which saves off *one*
whitespace for a 3 whitespace syntax. If you really need to type less
and your editor cannot help you get a better editor.

I use vim and I can do:

   proc<TAB> and it write procedure for me and if I write

   Some_Long_Variable := Some<TAB> it will write Some_Long_Variable or
   give me a chance to cycle through alternatives.

So typing becomes less troublesome. Besides at the moment I'm testing my
Ada macros for Vim which would make it possible for me to write:

   #proc

and then the editor asks me for a procedure name and gives me:

   procedure Some_Name
   is
      
   begin
      <++>
   end Some_Name;

(Where <++> is a point you can jump to by hitting Ctrl-J (<++> is then
removed automatically))


-- 
�It's probably worth pointing out that  C's pointer arithmetic  is not
 only dangerous, and a significant source of errors, but it also makes
 programs run slower.�
               - James Kanze on comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++.moderated