From: falis@ma.aonix.com (Ed Falis)
Subject: Re: Why both "with" and "use"?
Date: 1999/02/15
Date: 1999-02-15T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1103_919091637@DZOG-CHEN> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7a8vvf$gig$2@platane.wanadoo.fr
On Mon, 15 Feb 1999 10:14:39 +0100, "Jean-Pierre Rosen" <rosen.adalog@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Nope. Import is equivalent to a "use" clause (makes directly visible),
> but is in no way required to get accessibility.
> You can use anything without any "import" if you use expanded names.
> (which implies that it is almost impossible to know which modules are
> required by a given module).
Unless you're using a modern IDE, like Visual Age for Java, an Eiffel or Smalltalk IDE, or ObjectAda (and I believe GNAT Ada mode in Emacs?)
The point being, where should the tradeoff be between clutter in the code and tool support? How much does it make sense to mechanize vs doing a lot of
bookkeeping in the source code itself?
After using a variety of the tools above in the last year or so, I'm finding I don't miss fully-qualified names and context clauses in environments that don't use them. In
fact, it's a relief not having to deal with them as when using Ada bindings to large API sets like the JDK.
- Ed
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Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-02-13 0:00 Why both "with" and "use"? Mike Silva
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Corey Minyard
1999-02-13 0:00 ` mike
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-13 0:00 ` bill
1999-02-14 0:00 ` dewar
1999-02-14 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-14 0:00 ` dewar
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-02-14 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-16 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-02-17 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-02-18 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-18 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-02-18 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-02-18 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-18 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-19 0:00 ` bourguet
1999-02-19 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-02-19 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-23 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Brian Hanson
1999-02-19 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-19 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-19 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-19 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Ada multiple string personalities. why so many? mike
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-02-22 0:00 ` Brian Hanson
1999-02-19 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Why both "with" and "use"? dennison
1999-02-19 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-17 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-17 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-17 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-02-17 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-02-17 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-02-13 0:00 ` bill
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-13 0:00 ` bill
1999-02-14 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-02-14 0:00 ` Bob Collins
1999-02-14 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-02-16 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-15 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-02-15 0:00 ` Ed Falis [this message]
1999-02-16 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-02-15 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
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