From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7eb7a3b7910238a7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-04-05 10:31:27 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!widget!jgg From: jgg@evb.com (John Goodsen) Subject: Re: Classes vs Tagged Types - Terminology Message-ID: <1993Apr5.155419.8598@evb.com> Organization: EVB Software Engineering, Inc. Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1993 15:54:19 GMT Date: 1993-04-05T15:54:19+00:00 List-Id: In <1993Mar25.155650.16244@inmet.camb.inmet.com> stt@spock.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft) writes: > >In Ada 9X, it is only class-wide types (named "T'Class") that provide >subclass matching. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Didn't you mean "tagged types" :-) Can we take this as an indicator that you are about ready to abondon the "tagged type" terminology and adopt the more appropriate "class type" terminology? It seems that even members of the 9X project are shying away from using "tagged type" these days, so why don't just finish the scenario and adopt the "class type" syntax and terminology ... fingers crossed... -- John Goodsen EVB Software Engineering, Inc. jgg@evb.com - Ada & Object Oriented Training/Products (301) 695-6960 - Ada GUI & Graphics Tools and Training - Software Reuse, Process & Environments