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From: brian.b.mcguinness@lmco.com
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Subject: Re: Don't use the "use" clause
Date: 24 Jan 2006 05:30:57 -0800
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I do not have a lot of experience with Ada.  I am working on a time and
date package that
uses routines from standard Ada packages.  At first I tried writing the
code without any "use" clauses but I kept running into problems so I
finally gave up in frustration and "used" all of the standard packages
I "with"ed.  I suspect that many other people have the same experience.

Frankly, I see no reason to avoid "use".  The whole point of providing
overloading is so that you can have several functions or procedures
with the same name.  And I am perfectly happy to ignore any coding
guideline that results in endless frustration without serving any
useful purpose.

--- Brian