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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: A bad counterintuitive behaviour of Ada about OO
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 09:26:16 +0200
Date: 2014-08-06T09:26:16+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1ohy7vnbntskq$.h139ov04mlxu$.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: lrrha0$6mh$3@speranza.aioe.org

On Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:11:33 +0300, Victor Porton wrote:

> Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 05 Aug 2014 23:09:40 +0300, Victor Porton wrote:
>> 
>>> Why Ada behaves in this counter-intuitive way?
>> 
>> Because it is C++ code written in Ada.
>> 
>>> What should I do in similar situations when developing real Ada software?
>> 
>> Never re-dispatch, never cast types, unless you exactly know what are you
>> doing.
> 
> Your answer is "negative". You say what not to do.
> 
> But I am seeking a positive answer: what should I do in this situation, when 
> writing real software?

It could be answered if you stated the problem. You wrote about
"counterintuitive" behavior. What "intuitive" behavior would be.

Remember that OO features in practically all OOPL are broken. Ada is the
only language I know which implements OO consistently in a properly typed
way.

P.S. Controlled wrappers around external references is a quite simple
thing, if not trivial.

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


  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-06  7:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-05 20:09 A bad counterintuitive behaviour of Ada about OO Victor Porton
2014-08-05 20:58 ` Simon Wright
2014-08-05 21:06   ` Victor Porton
2014-08-05 21:51     ` Niklas Holsti
2014-08-05 22:13       ` Victor Porton
2014-08-05 22:35   ` Victor Porton
2014-08-05 23:25     ` Adam Beneschan
2014-08-05 20:59 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-05 21:07   ` Victor Porton
2014-08-05 22:39     ` Shark8
2014-08-05 21:11   ` Victor Porton
2014-08-06  7:26     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2014-08-07  7:41       ` Maciej Sobczak
2014-08-07  8:50         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-08  7:54           ` Maciej Sobczak
2014-08-08  8:14             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-08 13:06               ` Maciej Sobczak
2014-08-08 13:22                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-08 22:32                   ` Randy Brukardt
2014-08-09 16:11                   ` Maciej Sobczak
2014-08-09 16:48                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-10 20:55                       ` Maciej Sobczak
2014-08-11  7:41                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-11  7:58                           ` Maciej Sobczak
2014-08-11  8:23                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-12  7:50                               ` Maciej Sobczak
2014-08-11 11:35                             ` G.B.
2014-08-08 22:26                 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-08-08  8:34             ` Shark8
2014-08-08 12:59               ` Maciej Sobczak
2014-08-08 22:37                 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-08-08 22:53                   ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-08-07  8:58         ` J-P. Rosen
2014-08-07  9:40           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-07 11:17             ` J-P. Rosen
2014-08-07 12:28               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-07 13:34                 ` J-P. Rosen
2014-08-07 16:10                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-07 18:14                     ` Robert A Duff
2014-08-07 19:41                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-07 20:53                         ` Robert A Duff
2014-08-08  7:43                           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-08  8:18                             ` Shark8
2014-08-08  7:45                     ` J-P. Rosen
2014-08-08  8:04                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-08  8:55                         ` J-P. Rosen
2014-08-08  9:13                           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-08 10:01                             ` J-P. Rosen
2014-08-08 10:53                               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-08 10:56                                 ` Victor Porton
2014-08-08 12:00                                 ` J-P. Rosen
2014-08-08 13:11                                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-08 13:53                                     ` J-P. Rosen
2014-08-08 20:23                                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-07 20:29                   ` Shark8
2014-08-08  7:49                     ` J-P. Rosen
2014-08-08  8:12                       ` Shark8
2014-08-08  8:26                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-08 11:10                           ` Shark8
2014-08-08 11:20                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-08 19:34                               ` Shark8
2014-08-08 20:23                                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-07 15:03           ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-08-08  7:48           ` Maciej Sobczak
2014-08-08  8:51             ` J-P. Rosen
2014-08-08 13:25               ` Maciej Sobczak
2014-08-08 13:34                 ` J-P. Rosen
2014-08-08 13:52                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-08 14:21                     ` J-P. Rosen
2014-08-08 20:23                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-08-08 22:08                     ` Randy Brukardt
2014-08-08 22:18                 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-08-06  4:50 ` Per Sandberg
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