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,a270a1fc28d4f812 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-23 00:04:21 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!howland.erols.net!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!usenetserver.com!prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr14.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OOD in Ada? References: <3D153ABB.4090400@telepath.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <4peR8.134$F46.42900789@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.112.203.253 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr14.news.prodigy.com 1024815808 ST000 67.112.203.253 (Sun, 23 Jun 2002 03:03:28 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 03:03:28 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: TSUGGTSDZRRQBQH]]RKB_UDAZZ\DPCPDLXUNNH\KMAVNDQUBLNTC@AWZWDXZXQ[K\FFSKCVM@F_N_DOBWVWG__LG@VVOIPLIGX\\BU_B@\P\PFX\B[APHTWAHDCKJF^NHD[YJAZMCY_CWG[SX\Y]^KC\HSZRWSWKGAY_PC[BQ[BXAS\F\\@DMTLFZFUE@\VL Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 07:03:28 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26618 Date: 2002-06-23T07:03:28+00:00 List-Id: > >>1. The infamous "withing" problem (i.e. it is not possible to declare 2 > >>classes A and B, each in its own package, such that A has a method taking a > >>paremeter of type "access B", and B has a method with a parameter of type > >>"access A"); and > ... telling me that my code needs to be better structured. Right. A case can be made that if structure A needs to know about B, and B needs to know about A, they probably should be in the same package anyway (or at least children with a common ancestor they both know).