Re: A bunch of questions that come after "Hello world"

[wojtek@power.com.pl (Wojtek Narczynski)]

Robert,

> As I said in my previous post, if you are used to doing this in C++ or
> Java or whatever, what you want to do in Ada is declare dispatching
> operations.  They are declared *outside* the type.  And the "self"
> parameter is not passed by magic -- you just pass an ordinary
> parameter.  So the syntax is different from what you're used to,
> but the semantics is pretty much the same.
> 
> I think you really need to look at a tutorial or textbook on this.

I have read the book "Rendezvous with Ada 95".

I't just that protected type, task type and record type are all
composite types, and you can put a function or procedure inside a
protected or task type, but you cannot do this inside a record. So you
sometimes declare them outside and sometimes inside. Don't you find it
it's weird? Thought that maybe I am missing something. Dynamic
dispatch on multiple attributes is the reason I got interested in Ada,
but still putting a function inside a record would be good, such a
calculated record member.

Well, I guess I will have to live what is already there :-)

Thanks & Regards,
Wojtek