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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Ada vs Eiffel - Ada programmer approach
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 20:35:31 +0200
Date: 2009-05-26T20:35:32+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1rhpe82afkuam$.8myfw4oxrpdz$.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 9rWSl.118630$DP1.42605@attbi_s22

On Tue, 26 May 2009 18:21:57 GMT, Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:

> Ludovic Brenta wrote:
>> Pascal Obry wrote on comp.lang.ada:
>> 
>>> - multiple inheritance
>> 
>> I'm not sure this is a good thing. In fact, I'm not sure simple
>> inheritance is always a good thing, either. I tend to prefer
>> composition and generics.
> 
> I agree. I never create tagged types, except to obtain finalization. I think the 
> widespread acceptance of programming by extension, even by People Who Should 
> Know Better, represents the triumph of those who emphasize ease of writing over 
> ease of reading.

Tagged type represents just one case in inheritance. When you write

   subtype S is T (<constraint>)

you inherit form T. When you write

   type I is range <>;

you inherit from universal integer, etc.

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



  reply	other threads:[~2009-05-26 18:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-05-24  8:39 Ada vs Eiffel - Ada programmer approach Tomek Walkuski
2009-05-24 11:49 ` anon
2009-05-24 12:26   ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-05-24 12:17 ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-05-24 16:31 ` Pascal Obry
2009-05-25 16:32   ` Rugxulo
2009-05-26 13:37   ` Ludovic Brenta
2009-05-26 14:51     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2009-05-26 17:26       ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-05-26 17:39         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2009-05-26 17:59           ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-05-26 19:52             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2009-05-26 20:14               ` Pascal Obry
2009-05-26 20:25                 ` Pascal Obry
2009-05-26 21:28                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2009-05-26 18:23       ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2009-05-26 15:07     ` Tim Rowe
2009-05-26 16:37       ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-05-28  8:37         ` Nicholas Paul Collin Gloucester
2009-06-01 16:22         ` Tim Rowe
2009-06-04  7:35       ` Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne)
2009-06-04  9:46         ` Martin
2009-06-04 12:16           ` Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne)
2009-06-04  9:56         ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2009-06-16  6:58         ` ardjussi
2009-06-16 17:22           ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2009-05-26 18:21     ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2009-05-26 18:35       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2009-06-04  7:39       ` Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne)
2009-06-04  9:02         ` Ludovic Brenta
2009-06-04  9:19           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2009-06-04 12:14             ` Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne)
2009-06-04 14:14               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2009-06-04 16:45         ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2009-06-04  7:30     ` Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne)
2009-06-04  7:55       ` Ludovic Brenta
2009-06-04  8:45         ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-06-04  9:03           ` Ludovic Brenta
2009-06-04 13:25         ` Robert A Duff
2009-06-04 13:39           ` Martin
2009-06-04 13:08             ` stefan-lucks
2009-06-08 12:41           ` Samuel Tardieu
2009-06-08 19:37             ` Robert A Duff
2009-06-08 22:52               ` Randy Brukardt
2009-06-09  7:39                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2009-06-10  6:55               ` Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne)
2009-06-10  6:58               ` Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne)
2009-06-10 11:10                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-06-04  7:04   ` Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne)
2009-06-04  6:04 ` Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne)
2009-06-06 14:27   ` Marco
2009-06-06 15:37     ` Tomek Wałkuski
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