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From: Adam Beneschan <adam@irvine.com>
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Subject: Re: OO Style with Ada Containers
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:50:14 -0800
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On Nov 14, 3:28 pm, braver <delivera...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've implemented a small system with Ada Containers and am wondering
> about how do folks manage to keep their mental faculties together with
> it.  Instead of OO's uniquitous Object.method(params), we end up with
> something like:
>
> package Some_Things is new Ada.Containers.Things(...)
>
> package ST renames Some_Things;
>
> Something: ST.Type;
>
> while ST.Method(Someting,...) loop
>   -- AT is Another_Things instantiation
>   ...if AT.Method(Fun(Something), Another_Things.Method(...)) then ...
> end if; ...
> end loop;

Ada 2005 does have Object.Method notation (as long as Object's type is
tagged, and I think all the interesting ones in Ada.Containers.***
are).  Did you try it?  Is there something specific that you expected
to work that didn't?  If so, we can certain help you try to track down
the problem.

                          -- Adam