Ada. Time-tested, safe and secure.

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Decimal literals

π := constant := 3.145926;

Based literals

Not_π := constant := 16#3.145926#;

Names

Used in the explicit dereference of an access type, like in:

X := Some_Access.all;

Selected components

Selection of components from records and packages, entries from tasks and protected types, and - in Ada 2005 - primitive operations from tagged types.

My_Object.My_Operation (Some_Parameter);

Subprogram declarations

Declaration of a separate procedure or function.

See also