Rationale for Ada 2012
Chapter 3: Expressions
This chapter describes the introduction of more
flexible forms of expressions in Ada 2012.
There are four new forms of expressions. If expressions
and case expressions define a value and closely resemble if statements
and case statements. Quantified expressions take two forms using for
all and for some to return a Boolean value. Finally, expression functions
provide a simple means of parameterizing an expression without the formality
of providing a function body.
These more flexible forms of expressions will
be found invaluable in formulating contracts such as preconditions. It
is interesting to note that Ada now has conditional expressions over
50 years after their introduction in Algol 60.
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