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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: Initialization and Finalization of limited object "returned" by a
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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:53:06 -0500
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> Nope, the mathematical notation for a tuple is as in Ada (a,b,c,...), so
> should it be.

Well, none of the following Ada operators use the standard maths
notation:

    -  *  /  **  <=  >=  /=  and  or  not

And named notation:

    Date'(Year => 2010, Month => February, Day => 1)

is not standard maths notation -- it's superior to maths
notation.  In general, I find Ada programs much easier
to read that math textbooks, so I'm reluctant to borrow
too much from maths.

>... I see no problem in having it ambiguous (overloaded).

That's too much overloading, for my taste.

No big problem from an implementation point of view, though.

- Bob