From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-65-14.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_20,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Received: by 2002:adf:e28a:0:b0:210:b31:722 with SMTP id v10-20020adfe28a000000b002100b310722mr7251759wri.65.1656577863801; Thu, 30 Jun 2022 01:31:03 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a0d:ca90:0:b0:31b:8e8b:f026 with SMTP id m138-20020a0dca90000000b0031b8e8bf026mr8772716ywd.217.1656577863257; Thu, 30 Jun 2022 01:31:03 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!news.mixmin.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.128.87.MISMATCH!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 01:31:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=149.90.69.202; posting-account=3cDqWgoAAAAZXc8D3pDqwa77IryJ2nnY NNTP-Posting-Host: 149.90.69.202 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <1f894a48-b213-46d8-960f-6e97732e6105n@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: New aggregates with Ada 2022. From: Marius Amado-Alves Injection-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 08:31:03 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:64058 List-Id: "... It would be better if slices were implemented as a form of function, so that they can be used when they make sense... (My post-Ada language design includes variable-returning functions, so that sort of need can be accomadated.)" (Randy) What is a "variable-returning function"? Is there available material on this post-Ada language design of yours? Thanks.