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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7a5b8336407bf471 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-17 17:49:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: Richard Riehle Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Safe "use" directive Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 17:57:23 -0800 Organization: AdaWorks Software Engineering Message-ID: <3DD84903.3F7C6AF4@adaworks.com> References: Reply-To: richard@adaworks.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 41.b2.40.49 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 18 Nov 2002 01:49:57 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31019 Date: 2002-11-18T01:49:57+00:00 List-Id: Gautier direct_replies_not_read wrote: > Changing the meaning of "use X" would be a bit stupid IMHO (discussed) > but why not adding a "use limited X" ? > - "limited" is already an Ada keyword I wonder if extending the semantics of the word "limited" might not add to the confusion. At present, limited has very strict meaning and any new use of it ought to correspond closely (in fact, exactly) to the current semantics. Richard Riehle