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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Comments requested for a couple of Ada-Comments submissions
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 23:16:27 -0500
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"Jeffrey Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> wrote in message 
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> I don't see that there is anything here that the ARG would want to take 
> action on, especially given that Randy said they're only interested in 
> things that are hard or impossible to do in Ada. This is clearly not hard 
> or impossible.

Well, actually, I understand that a similar problem came up recently (I 
think it was related to SPARK) and that the GNAT people had already hacked 
an ugly solution to it. A language-based solution would be better, at least 
if it's not too expensive to implement.

After all, two independent problems that can be solved with a relatively 
simple new feature make that feature more compelling. In any case, it's 
certainly OK for Simon to submit the problem; I've seen a lot sillier ideas 
than this one.

                                   Randy.