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Gem #23: null considered harmful

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Ada Gem #23 --- The "not null" syntax allows an Ada 2005 program to prevent access values from being null in cases where the null value is undesirable. This new syntax helps provide useful documentation.

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      cover image ACM SIGAda Ada Letters
      ACM SIGAda Ada Letters  Volume 29, Issue 1
      April 2009
      79 pages
      ISSN:1094-3641
      DOI:10.1145/1541788
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      New York, NY, United States

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