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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Generic package parameters not externally visible : what's the
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 04:16:11 -0800 (PST), Hibou57 (Yannick Duch�ne) wrote:

> On 5 nov, 12:00, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mail...@dmitry-kazakov.de>
> wrote:
>> I am using "Generic_" because it is almost impossible to do anything
>> otherwise if you have really many generics. And I do, because I have to.

> Then, may be a point to discuss about : when using a "_Mixin" packages
> (or "_Facet", after Rosen, this is the same), as a "_Mixin" package is
> generic (this would not make sense otherwise), the "Generic_" prefix
> may not be needed when the package is "_Mixin". Or perhaps
> "_Mixin" (nor "_Facet") should not be used after-all, and only
> "Generic_" should be (showing no difference between "_Mixin" and
> others "Generic_").

Sounds interesting. Can you give some examples?

BTW, Generic_ becomes quite obtrusive with children packages. When you
have:

   generic
      ...
   package Generic_Grandfather.Geneirc_Father.Generic_Son is

you start to think who is a generic_idiot here? (:-))

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
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