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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: Bus error
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Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus.rm.tsoh@maps.futureapps.de> writes:

> Again, this is a wording question I think. I see value in labelling
> an object with a name when the language lets me do this (and I don't
> want to assign to a local constant).

I think compilers really ought to generate identical code for:

  X3 : String renames Get_Line(Baz, Mode => Frobnicate);

and:

  X3 : constant String := Get_Line(Baz, Mode => Frobnicate);

so the choice is purely aesthetic.

- Bob