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From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Ada -vs- GNAT
Date: 9 Jun 2002 05:13:51 -0700
Date: 2002-06-09T12:13:51+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5ee5b646.0206090413.b9b56c1@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: x1tM8.144976$ux5.185878@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net

"SteveD" <nospam_steved94@attbi.com> wrote in message news:<x1tM8.144976$ux5.185878@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net>...

> I agree with this for most of the gnat specific attributes.  But find the
> "img" attribute hard to justify.  Usually being terse is not a goal in Ada.

The 'Img attribute is intended solely for debugging purposes. It is poor
style to use it in any other context. One thing to realize about 'Img is
that it is only partially implemented according to its original spec, since
the intention is that it be usable for composite objects.



  reply	other threads:[~2002-06-09 12:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-25  2:47 Ada -vs- GNAT Steve Doiel
2002-05-25  4:21 ` Simon Wright
2002-05-25  5:48   ` tmoran
2002-05-25  7:36     ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-28 13:14       ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-25  7:52     ` Simon Wright
2002-05-25 10:58     ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 18:28       ` tmoran
2002-05-25 21:52         ` Brian Rogoff
2002-05-26  5:20           ` David Botton
2002-05-26  9:11         ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-26 11:13           ` Simon Wright
2002-05-26 12:57             ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-25 17:38     ` Richard Riehle
2002-05-25 18:37       ` tmoran
2002-05-25 20:13         ` Richard Riehle
2002-05-28 13:47       ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-28 17:55       ` Stephen Leake
2002-05-28 18:35         ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-28 21:42         ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-25  7:55   ` Simon Wright
2002-05-25 11:04   ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 11:23     ` Simon Wright
2002-05-25 11:51   ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-25 15:34     ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 20:09   ` Robert C. Leif
2002-05-25  7:27 ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-25  7:41 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-25 14:46   ` Steve Doiel
2002-05-25 17:03     ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-25 17:10       ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-25 17:17         ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-25 22:23     ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 23:24       ` Steve Doiel
2002-05-26  9:21         ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-28 13:58         ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-29 11:13           ` Preben Randhol
2002-06-28 18:25             ` pontius
2002-05-25 15:35   ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25  8:00 ` chris.danx
2002-05-25 15:37   ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 15:53     ` chris.danx
2002-05-25 17:02       ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-25 17:50         ` chris.danx
2002-05-25 18:04           ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-25 22:37           ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 22:44             ` chris.danx
2002-05-26  2:05               ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 22:31       ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-26  5:29   ` David Botton
2002-05-25 10:49 ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 11:02 ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-28 18:09   ` Stephen Leake
2002-05-25 11:09 ` Robert Dewar
2002-06-07 22:39 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-06-08 12:14   ` Robert Dewar
2002-06-08 19:37     ` SteveD
2002-06-09 12:13       ` Robert Dewar [this message]
2002-06-12 17:07         ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-06-09 18:05       ` Robert Dewar
2002-06-09 18:06     ` Richard Riehle
2002-06-10 21:22       ` Robert A Duff
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