From: Stephen Leake <Stephen.Leake@gsfc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: maintenance of overriding subprograms
Date: 1997/09/08
Date: 1997-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <34145EB8.5643@gsfc.nasa.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 34136b7e.33305660@SantaClara01.news.InterNex.Net
Tom Moran wrote:
> Bob Duff wrote:
> >To me, "new" means "NOT overriding" -- that is, this subprogram
> >represents a *new* capability not available for the parent type, as
> >opposed to merely overriding an old capability.
> Interesting. I take 'new' to mean "new and improved version" rather
> than "novel and unprecedented".
I suggested "new" by analogy with dynamic allocation - "new" means
"here's another one". Also, I think it's the only current reserved word
that comes close to meaning what it needs to here.
I agree with Bob when he says a tool that shows the complete interface
is a requirement. Anyone working to make gnatf do this? Or do we need a
full ASIS to get there? I haven't been able to figure out how to get
Borland C++ to do this for C++ (I think it is supposed to), so I'm not
currently missing much. But it would be nice!
--
- Stephe
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Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-09-02 0:00 maintenance of overriding subprograms Stephen Leake
[not found] ` <340DCE1D.6C5F@bix.com>
1997-09-04 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-09-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Dan Johnston D.B.
1997-09-09 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Dan Johnston D.B.
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-09-24 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-09-25 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-09-26 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-08 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Stephen Leake [this message]
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Anonymous
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1997-09-10 0:00 Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-29 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96
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