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From: Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Inherited Methods and such
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On 17 Wrz, 17:11, Ludovic Brenta <ludo...@ludovic-brenta.org> wrote:

> If you come from C++:
>
> class -> tagged type

Not really. Tagged type is analogous to a polymorphic class in C++ (a
class that has at least one virtual function).

> * -> class

You mean pointer or reference to the base class in C++ is analogous to
the class-wide type in Ada (roughly - in C++ they are have always
referential, not copy semantics).

> namespace -> package (very roughly)

OK (very roughly). :-)

> virtual method -> primitive operation

OK.

> static method -> class-wide operation

Not really. Class-wide operation in Ada is similar to non-virtual
function in C++.

> In Ada, a "class" is the set consisting of a tagged type and all types
> derived from it.

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Maciej Sobczak
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