Re: Need advice re package organization.

["Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@attbi.com>]

chris wrote:
> What is a private child package?

private package Parent.Private_Child is... end Parent.Private_Child;

See RM 10.1.1(12), and 10.1.2(8). Probably one of the best kept secrets 
in Ada 95.  A private child package can have a with clause for another 
private child of the same parent (or ancestor package), but the real use 
is that the body of the parent package or any sibling can with the 
private package.

So if you have common utility routines that you don't want to make part 
of the parent's package spec, put them in a private child.  For example, 
the parent package might export a private type, and the private child 
could include the inquiry functions and other operations that needed to 
see into the private part of the parent.

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