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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Controlled types as interfaces
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 09:29:22 +0200
Date: 2014-08-20T09:29:22+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <17zg1do470nci.15209dgoz3ktk.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: lt0sfv$dp$1@speranza.aioe.org

On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 04:09:15 +0300, Victor Porton wrote:

> Victor Porton wrote:
>> I think in Ada 202X we can invent Limited_Controlled_Interface and
>> Controlled_Interface types derived from which could become controlled.

Yes, but that would be very complicated, because you could add an interface 
very late, making a descendant of a non-controlled type controlled.

A better solution would be fixing initialization (AKA constructors) and 
leaving controlled kludge as is.

>> The Limited_Controlled and Controlled types would also inherit from these
>> interfaces.
>> 
>> I think, this is backward compatible.
> 
> A similar thing can be made with Root_Stream_Type making it derived from 
> Root_Stream_Interface interface.

Yes, of course. It was proposed multiple times, as I remember. But rejected 
as "not backward compatible." Though the compatibility issue was quite 
minor if any.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de


  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-20  7:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-20  1:05 Controlled types as interfaces Victor Porton
2014-08-20  1:09 ` Victor Porton
2014-08-20  7:29   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2014-08-20 12:49     ` Victor Porton
2014-08-20 13:47       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-21 23:16         ` Randy Brukardt
2014-08-29 15:01           ` Robert A Duff
2014-08-29 23:54             ` Randy Brukardt
2014-08-20 12:50     ` Victor Porton
2014-08-20 13:38       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-20 13:56       ` Brad Moore
2014-08-21 22:48         ` Randy Brukardt
2014-08-20  1:41 ` Victor Porton
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