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,d927b7ea9b65580a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-28 10:45:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed3.newsreader.com!newsreader.com!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3DE66447.2D6@earthlink.net> From: Vincent Marciante X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (OS/2; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: "private with" proposal References: <3dccc023$0$304$bed64819@news.gradwell.net> <3DD847CD.A3D78EE9@adaworks.com> <3DE5F0BB.E7D21384@brighton.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 18:45:37 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.185.200.68 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1038509137 63.185.200.68 (Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:45:37 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:45:37 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31298 Date: 2002-11-28T18:45:37+00:00 List-Id: "with private" is a proposed addition to Ada; see http://www.ada-auth.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/AIs/AI-00262.TXT?rev=1.13 I do not understand why the extra syntax (adding "private" to the context clause) is necessary. Can't the rules be simply be changed as outlined in the proposal? If compilers at this time already do enough to recognize withing a private unit in a public spec couldn't they be made to allow usage of withed private units only in the private part (and body)? -- Vinny