From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Subject: Re: Ada standard and maximum line lengths
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:01:33 -0500
Date: 2013-01-29T16:01:33-05:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wccy5fb7lg2.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: amqq76F4d0fU1@mid.individual.net
Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid> writes:
> The limits in ARM 2.2(14) apply to line length and (separately, IMO) to
> lexical element length. While 200 characters is IMO overkill for an
> identifier, which is a lexical element, it is not overkill for a string
> literal, which is also a lexical element.
The limit on string literals is different, though, because if you
need to interface to a 400-character mangled linker symbol,
you can concatenate several shorter string literals in the pragma.
> I could live with, say, a 32-character identifier length limit, but a
> 32-character limit on string literal would be uncomfortable, to say it
> nicely. The 200-character requirement in ARM 2.2(14) feels about right
> to me.
I'm opposed to such limitations, unless they really buy you something,
which I don't think is the case here. It's fine to have an option
that lets users impose limits on themselves, but they shouldn't be
built into programs.
- Bob
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Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-28 5:02 Ada standard and maximum line lengths Lucretia
2013-01-28 6:01 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-28 6:28 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-28 8:05 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-28 16:42 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-28 20:22 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-28 20:46 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-28 21:29 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 1:42 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-29 6:15 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-29 10:25 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 11:31 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-29 12:11 ` Simon Wright
2013-01-29 12:31 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 12:37 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 15:29 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-29 16:58 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 17:51 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-29 18:18 ` Shark8
2013-01-29 19:54 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 23:12 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-30 9:18 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-30 9:51 ` Simon Wright
2013-01-30 15:28 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-30 23:24 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-31 2:16 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-31 9:10 ` Stefan.Lucks
2013-01-31 9:30 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-31 9:51 ` Simon Wright
2013-01-31 10:56 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-31 18:02 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-31 23:54 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-02-01 9:15 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-02-01 23:13 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-02-02 1:24 ` Lucretia
2013-02-02 14:12 ` Robert A Duff
2013-02-05 2:09 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-31 9:03 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-30 9:37 ` Simon Wright
2013-01-30 12:02 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-29 23:47 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-30 7:24 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-30 10:09 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-29 20:36 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-29 21:01 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
2013-01-29 21:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-28 8:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-28 10:02 ` Maciej Sobczak
2013-01-28 11:57 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-28 13:28 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-28 15:14 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-28 16:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-28 15:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-28 13:49 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-29 2:09 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-29 18:46 ` Lucretia
2013-01-29 20:53 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-29 21:22 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-30 3:22 ` Lucretia
2013-01-30 9:49 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-30 23:28 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-02-01 1:48 ` Shark8
2013-01-29 21:29 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-29 21:53 ` Adam Beneschan
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