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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: What would you like in Ada202X?
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:37:43 -0400
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:29:03 -0700 (PDT), joachim.schroeer@cassidian.com 
> wrote:
>
>> 1. Want to see parameter modes in calls.
>> 
>> procedure Proc (An_In_Parameter     : in     Integer;
>>                 An_Out_Parameter    :    out Integer;
>>                 An_Inout_Parameter  : in out Integer;
>>                 An_Access_Parameter : access Integer);
>> 
>> Proc (An_In_Parameter     <=  A,
>>       An_Out_Parameter     => B,
>>       An_Inout_Parameter  <=> C,
>>       An_Access_Parameter  -> D'Access);
>>
>
> Proc 
> (  An_In_Parameter := A,
>     B := An_Out_Parameter,
>     C := An_Inout_Parameter := C,  -- Note great opening opportunities!
>     D := An_Access_Parameter.all
> );
>
> OK, I am joking. (:-))

Something like that was allowed in the original Ada, circa 1980:

Proc (An_In_Parameter     :=  A,
      An_Out_Parameter     =: B,
      An_Inout_Parameter  :=: C,
      An_Access_Parameter :=  D'Access);

I think it only worked for named notation.
It should work for positional notation, too, IMHO.

- Bob