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From: Tom Moran <tmoran@bix.com>
Subject: tagged type auto-"Use", was Re: Ada Java question => clarification
Date: 1997/03/08
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Given:
with root;
package body x is
  type y is new root.some_tagged_type with ...

A reference to root.some_inherited_procedure refers to just that, and
takes root.xxx as a parameter.  In order to take something of type y as
a parameter one must say
  some_inherited_procedure(some_y_thing...
which has many of the disadvantages (can't see where something came
from) of a 'use' clause.  OTOH, if some programming guidelines said "no
USE clauses", this would be an easy way around the rule.
  As someone who rarely uses use, I find this troubling.  Comments?