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From: Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@iks-jena.de>
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Subject: Re: += in ada
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 08:13:17 +0000 (UTC)
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* Jean-Pierre Rosen wrote:
> I'm surprised that nobody suggested that (or I missed it), but why not
> define an attribute:

Because it is too special to add to the language. The idem Idiom is much
more general and addresses the problem behind the question.