From: Anh Vo <anhvofrcaus@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: begin clause in package bodies
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 16:09:27 -0800 (PST)
Date: 2017-11-30T16:09:27-08:00 [thread overview]
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On Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 3:28:17 PM UTC-8, Mehdi Saada wrote:
> I am a beginner, and curious...
> How is used the "begin" clause in package bodies, usually ? Since package are libraries, I didn't think it could also behave like a procedure (or a task, since I assume it runs in parallel with the program calling it ?).
> [begin
> handled_sequence_of_statements]
> end [[parent_unit_name.]identifier];
I call it package constructor since it is executed during package elaboration. Thus, it is used to initialize certain data such as database and so on.
Anh Vo
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-30 23:28 begin clause in package bodies Mehdi Saada
2017-12-01 0:09 ` Anh Vo [this message]
2017-12-01 10:54 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2017-12-01 13:05 ` Mehdi Saada
2017-12-01 13:20 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-12-01 14:59 ` Simon Wright
2017-12-01 15:15 ` Mehdi Saada
2017-12-01 15:52 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-12-01 22:23 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-12-01 22:26 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-12-01 16:29 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
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