Re: Syntax question

[bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)]

In article <3jrt1m$9rk@erinews.ericsson.se>,
Geoffrey Hollingworth <etlghh@garbo.ericsson.se> wrote:
>When binding formal parameters with actual parameters the '=>'
>operator is used, irrespective of whether the formal parameter
>is declared as IN, INOUT or OUT.  Is there a reason for this ?
>If I proposed an alternative syntax where "=>" indicated the FP
>was an IN parameter, "<=" to indicate an OUT parameter and "<=>"
>to indicate an INOUT.

Yeah, something like that might be nice.  In fact, I believe an early
version of Ada (or its precursor Green) did something like that.  I
don't know why they got rid of it.

However, note that you don't want to use "<=", because that already
means "less than or equal".

- Bob