Re: Ichbiah 2022 compiler mode

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>]

On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 01:18:25 -0500, Randy Brukardt wrote:

> Unfortunately, "updater" functions don't work with the Ada model of
> components, because you can't tell what to do when a component appears
> or disappears in an assignment.

But it’s just syntactic sugar, nothing more. Instead of

    a := obj.get_prop()
    obj.set_prop(a)

(both of which have valid Ada equivalents), you can unify them into

    a:= obj.prop
    obj.prop := a

What difference does writing it differently make?