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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: basic basic ada question
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> Exactly! Because wether Argument (I) is a function call, array indexing,
> conversion, that is an implementation detail for the reader.

That argument would be more convincing if arrays and functions had the
same semantics.  E.g., "X := F(Y);" can have side effects if F is a
function, but not if F is an array.  And "F(Z) := ..." might or might
not make sense.

- Bob