Re: parent package referring to child

[Adam Beneschan <adam@irvine.com>]

On Oct 10, 2:24 am, eliben <eli...@gmail.com> wrote:


> Why does it make sense that two siblings can see each other in their
> specs when they "with" each other

You can't have two siblings "with" each other in their specs.  One can
"with" the other, but not both.  You cannot declare a package
Parent.Child1 that with's Parent.Child2, and at the same time
Parent.Child2 with'ing Parent.Child1.  One of the siblings has to come
first.  ("Limited with" can help get around some of the problems.)

> but a parent can't see a child ?

Think about it.  Something has to come first.  If B "with's" A, then A
has to exist before B can be compiled (i.e. A's specification).  Can a
child come into existence before its parent?

                         -- Adam