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Subject: Re: Quick question about Ada code formatting.
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From: Stephen Leake <stephe_on_the_web@toadmail.com>
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Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> writes:

> Stephen,
>
>> What information do those hyphens add over the indentation and the
>> keyword 'procedure'?
>
> No information. Just that on the screen I can see more easily where the
> routines start. 

"more easily" implies _some_ information content. But I guess it's
purely visual, not semantic.

> That's all but quite useful to me no matter the IDE I'm using (Emacs
> or GPS most of the time).

If the IDE displayed the keyword 'procedure' (or that whole line) in a
much larger font, would that be easy enough to see?

I'm looking for a way for the IDE to add the necessary visual cues,
without cluttering the actual code with unnecessary, hard to maintain
comments. For me and others, colorization and navigation is enough;
for you and others, more seems to be needed. That makes this a
personal IDE customization issue, rather than a coding style issue.

On the other hand, if you want a visual clue that is independent of
the IDE, then comments is the right choice.

-- 
-- Stephe