From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b6e97963d32ee242 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-28 09:25:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The old "Object.Method" syntax debate Date: 28 May 2003 12:14:53 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: References: <254c16a.0305210726.485125de@posting.google.com> <3ecdd3bf.1149272@news.btclick.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1054139453 27028 128.183.235.92 (28 May 2003 16:30:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 May 2003 16:30:53 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37916 Date: 2003-05-28T16:30:53+00:00 List-Id: Georg Bauhaus writes: > Stephen Leake wrote: > : However, I'm not convinced that object.method makes it easier to > : "popup a menu of 'options' for an object". But I've not used an IDE > : that has such popups, so maybe I'm not qualified to say. > > I think you have, only they are called buffers displayed in a > window inside a frame in Emacs. And these pop up too, even if > you hadn't intended to ask for them to pop up ;-) (Yes, that > can be configured ;-) Well, I use Emacs, but I don't use this feature. Maybe I'll give it a try. > GNAT does assist when it can produce an index, i.e., can > compile a unit. This is usually my objection; when I'm writing code, by definition it doesn't compile. So fully accurate completion is not possible. -- -- Stephe