Re: Clause "with and use"

[Gautier Write-only <gautier@fakeaddress.nil>]

> >  My proposal: a "with and use" clause. "with and use A[,B]" would
> >  mean "with A[,B]; use A[,B]".

Randy Brukardt:

> And this is likely to be confusing:
>    with Parent.Child; means with Parent; with Parent.Child;
> but
>    use Parent.Child; just means use Parent.Child;

You mention an existing Ada95 feature, maybe confusing, concerning
the existing "with" and "use" clauses of Ada95!

As discussed in AC, "with and use" adds no new rule but inherits
the existing ones, according to the principle:
"with and use A[,B]" is exactly as if "with A[,B]; use A[,B]" was written.
In your example, "with and use Parent.Child;" will naturally mean
"with Parent; with Parent.Child; use Parent.Child;".

It is a chimically neutral proposal.
The issues it may reveal are already in Ada95.

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