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Consider the following package declaration,

    package PrivateType is

        type MyInteger is private;

        procedure  Read(O : out myInteger);
        procedure Write(I : in MyInteger);

    private

        type MyInteger is range 1 .. 2**31 - 1;

    end;

    Why does Ada allow MyInteger to be made visible outside the
    scope of PrivateType ? Doesnt it make the code less secure(for
    example,consider an "uninitialized" object of type
    PrivateType.MyInteger).