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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: In-Out Parameters for functions
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wojtek@power.com.pl (Wojtek Narczynski) writes:

> > Ada is inconsistent -- as Robert Dewar says, side effects are allowed,
> > so long as you don't document them on the function spec.
> 
> Looks to me like the ARG is far from agreement on this subject :-)

That's true.  Tucker and I, for example, have had this argument several
times.  I'm in favor of allowing 'in out' parameters on functions in Ada
(but not SPARK!), and Tucker is against.

- Bob