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Subject: Re: calling function but ignoring results
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On 29/06/2021 20:52, Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:

>> declare
>>      dont_care : BOOLEAN;
>> begin
>>      dont_care := foo( x, y );
>> end;
> 
> This sort of thing usually indicates a design problem.

Or interfacing with C.

> 
>> Is there a Ada 202x feature to support calling functions and ignoring 
>> the result?
> If you want to use a language that allows this, then you probably 
> shouldn't be developing S/W.
> 

That's literally every C programmer then.