From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,aeb76e9a1032bd70 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-12 10:23:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howland.erols.net!portc.blue.aol.com.MISMATCH!portc03.blue.aol.com!newsfeed.skycache.com.MISMATCH!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.tampabay.rr.com!news-west.rr.com!lsnws01.we.mediaone.net!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B9F9A23.3EF654C2@san.rr.com> From: Darren New Organization: Boxes! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: "type X is abstract tagged limited private" References: <9nn76f$lml$1@newstoo.ericsson.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 17:23:52 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.165.23.236 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 1000315432 24.165.23.236 (Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:23:52 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:23:52 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13058 Date: 2001-09-12T17:23:52+00:00 List-Id: > type X is abstract tagged limited null record; > what is the meaning of this? But to summarize, it's saying that X is a type, it's an "OO" type (tagged), it's abstract (you can't make objects of this type), it's limited (you can't assign it), and it's a null record (meaning the instances have no data because of this type). The fact that it's private means other stuff, too. Pretty complicated, eh? :-) But I second the suggestion that you get Ada As A Second Language. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. Those who work hard with few results always value hard work over getting results.