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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@TheWorld.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: I am not understanding user defined exceptions
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:52:29 -0500
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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:

> Most likely:
>
>      X : Integer := ...; -- Static constant
>      X : constant Integer := ...; -- Non-static constant
>      X : variable Integer := ...; -- Variable.
>
> Since the default should be the safest thing.

Well, at least we agree on one thing.  It's odd that Ada got it right
for parameters ('in' is the default), but got it wrong for object
declarations (variable is the default).

I'd be happy with:

     X : Integer := ...; -- constant
     X : var Integer := ...; -- variable

- Bob