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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,1b41412c7bc28c47 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!news-fra1.dfn.de!storethat.news.telefonica.de!telefonica.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool4.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Subject: Re: Suffix _T for types found good Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de Organization: cbb software GmbH References: <2e9ebb23-a68b-43cf-8871-febcb173f951@56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com> <4899d2af$0$19731$4d3efbfe@news.sover.net> <9LmdncTBAPGV5jbVnZ2dnUVZ_sTinZ2d@comcast.com> <37793f2b-2cc6-4aba-856e-cbfe503872a5@v16g2000prc.googlegroups.com> <1xqborx4epefc.11z7g8cmj4nlp.dlg@40tude.net> <2259e1a3-e04c-4662-affb-dae07baa4a43@x16g2000prn.googlegroups.com> <48acc905$0$24589$4d3efbfe@news.sover.net> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:49:56 +0200 Message-ID: <1anip96i1trze.1rdbimxeyypja$.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Aug 2008 11:49:59 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: c958851b.newsspool1.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=m9R]liC@5=i:i=48;n?Z:`ic==]BZ:afn4Fo<]lROoRa4nDHegD_]Re;fhHf=alX7gDNcfSJ;bb[eIRnRBaCd On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:46:48 -0400, Peter C. Chapin wrote: > I'm not sure allowing such a thing, even if were possible, would be a > good idea. Types and instances are conceptually quite different and > allowing them to reuse the same name (in the same scope) sounds > confusing. Hmm, exactly because they are so different, it is safe to share names between them. (I am not arguing in favor of such a step, though) -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de