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From: Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: Quality systems (Was: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the
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Vinzent Hoefler <ada.rocks@jlfencey.com> writes:

> Two parameters to a function
> call that took a lot of ints were accidentally swapped. Yeah, of
> course I could have taken a more deeper look into the function
> specification but I was still sleeping and missed my morning coffee.
> 
> With some distinct types for the parameters an Ada compiler *could*
> have catched this. Of course, one has to make *use* of the strong type
> system, then.

You could also use named association at the call site. That's my style
policy; if there are two parameters to a function with the same type,
use named association.

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-- Stephe