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On Friday, April 27, 2012 12:04:33 PM UTC-4, Shark8 wrote:
>=20
> I thought stubs were an accepted software engineering/design practice...

procedure Shut_Down_Reactor (Reactor : Reactor_Type) is null;

is quite literally a disater waiting to happen.  Ada is all about being exp=
licit, and takes a harsh stance on things that could be misused or abused t=
o make a program confusing (i.e. overloading, etc), yet it gives an express=
 lane for writing subprograms that by definition don't do what they intend.=
  The phrase "where the default behavior is null" is a contridiction in ter=
ms; calling a subprogram to achieve the effect of not calling a subprogram =
is simply bananas.