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Le samedi 3 juillet 2021 =C3=A0 06:59:19 UTC+2, Matt Borchers a =C3=A9crit=
=C2=A0:
> Thanks for the feedback. I guess I have to live with five lines to accomp=
lish what one should do regardless of the numerous variety of ways to accom=
plish this. I mostly appreciate the wordiness of Ada for the clarity it off=
ers to the code maintainers, but in some cases the extra wordiness offers n=
othing.=20

If you use functions properly (only "in" parameters and not side effects) y=
ou don't have this issue at all.
Interfacing with C is an edge case which doesn't need to add more noise in =
the Ada syntax, IMHO.