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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Ichbiah 2022 compiler mode
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 07:18:29 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 01:18:25 -0500, Randy Brukardt wrote:

> Unfortunately, "updater" functions don't work with the Ada model of
> components, because you can't tell what to do when a component appears
> or disappears in an assignment.

But it’s just syntactic sugar, nothing more. Instead of

    a := obj.get_prop()
    obj.set_prop(a)

(both of which have valid Ada equivalents), you can unify them into

    a:= obj.prop
    obj.prop := a

What difference does writing it differently make?