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From: Freddy <Fred.Feuerstein@web.de>
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Ted Dennison schrieb:
> What I remember from Modula-2 style was that you never saw anyone
> using module dot notation to refer to objects in other modules.

Not correct. Me, my friends and my colleques _always_ use "IMPORT x;  
x.<anything>".
But - mostly, because the original standard from N. Wirth did offer only
the "IMPORT x;" or you would have to mention _everything_ "FROM x IMPORT
a,b,c ...". There was _no_ "IMPORT ALL x;" in Wirths definition.



What I most miss in Ada is the "ARRAY OF BYTE" procedure parameter,
which catches up _any_ actual parameter. Especially for communication
routines (files, serial, ip) I liked it.


Sometimes even an SET type would be nice.