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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: Ideas for Ada 200X
Date: 03 Jun 2003 12:33:24 -0400
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Bill Findlay <yaldnifw@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

> E.g. If Y above if a a function f(X), I can write:
> 
>     X := idem + f(idem);
> or:
>     X := idem + f(X);
> or:
>     X := X + f(idem);
> or:
>     X := X + f(X);
> 
> depending on what I want.

The last three are almost certainly wrong, or are the same as the first
one, depending on whether the name X has side effects.

- Bob