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,e5f2c12e14eeb0f5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-21 18:47:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!207.217.77.43.MISMATCH!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!59ce1190!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CEAF892.4909B967@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Can you use arrays from another package ? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 01:47:15 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.184.106.241 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1022032035 63.184.106.241 (Tue, 21 May 2002 18:47:15 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 18:47:15 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24493 Date: 2002-05-22T01:47:15+00:00 List-Id: Dale Stanbrough wrote: > > A big mistake that people make it to treat packages as > objects - a good way to view them is just as a place where > type declarations and subprograms go. > (this is not quite the only way to view them, but it's a > good first step). I disagree. I think it's good to treat packages as objects. However, it's important to remember that the data in objects must be hidden. Thus, the visible specification of an object implemented as a package contains only type declarations, constant declarations, subprogram specifications, and comments. -- Jeff Carter "I blow my nose on you." Monty Python & the Holy Grail