Re: An Ada9X mimic of C++ friends?

[comar@cs.nyu.edu (Cyrille Comar)]

needham@newsserver.uconn.edu (Donald M Needham) writes:
: Is there a construct in Ada9x that circumvents data abstraction
: similar to a friend in C++?

You can use the private part of a child unit (or a private child) to
more or less simulate C++ friends. I say "more or less" because the
"privacy" in C++ is an attribute of the Class where it is an attribute
of the package in Ada and Ada package ARE NOT to be compared to C++
Classes. The right equivalent to C++ classes in Ada95 are private or
record types (depending on what level of data abstraction you
want). Those types being "tagged" if you expect to need run-time
dispatching or type extension.
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