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-Thread: 103376,aea4cc77526f5e4a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newscon04.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.net!newsdst01.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com.POSTED!4988f22a!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <47bf11df$0$14990$4f793bc4@news.tdc.fi> <47bfc5d4$0$21890$4f793bc4@news.tdc.fi> <47bfc7b5$0$21890$4f793bc4@news.tdc.fi> Subject: Re: Separate Compilation in Programming Languages X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Message-ID: <5qXvj.2579$fX7.2237@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.134.114.51 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com 1203782401 ST000 70.134.114.51 (Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:00:01 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:00:01 EST Organization: AT&T http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: Q[R_@SBEQJV]SQ@[EZOD]_\@VR]^@B@MCPWZKB]MPXHZUYICD^RAQBKZQTZTX\_I[^G_KGFNON[ZOE_AZNVO^\XGGNTCIRPIJH[@RQKBXLRZ@CD^HKANYVW@RLGEZEJN@\_WZJBNZYYKVIOR]T]MNMG_Z[YVWSCH_Q[GPC_A@CARQVXDSDA^M]@DRVUM@RBM Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:00:33 -0800 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20027 Date: 2008-02-23T08:00:33-08:00 List-Id: "Niklas Holsti" wrote in message news:47bfc7b5$0$21890$4f793bc4@news.tdc.fi... > Replying to my own post in order to add a remark: > What I often do instead is to divide the original package, which contains > parts with very different dependencies, into a parent and one or more > children, according to some logical criterion from the clients' point of view. > I find that this often also sorts out the dependencies in the bodies, reducing > the advantage of splitting the bodies into "is separate" parts. > This is an excellent solution. However, I still prefer to design so my dependencies are, as often as possible, at the package body or separate subprogram level as possible.