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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4f788831da4de764 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-11 08:33:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <9ihnia$i8h$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Subject: Re: Abstract Functions Message-ID: <6b_27.15423$Kf3.181711@www.newsranger.com> X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:22:42 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 15:22:42 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9796 Date: 2001-07-11T15:22:42+00:00 List-Id: In article <9ihnia$i8h$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, Marin David Condic says... > >Suppose you have a tagged type that is not abstract, but you want to provide >functions as a "template" that some inheritor is supposed to override. You >can't make the functions abstract without the tagged type also being >abstract. You might not want that because you might want data and operations >in the parent class that actually work. Is there a way to say "Here's almost I believe you can have non-abstract primitive subprograms for abstract types. What's wrong with doing that? --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com