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From: adam@irvine.com
Subject: Re: Naming of Tagged Types and Associated Packages
Date: 1998/08/14
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In article <wccemukwnx9.fsf@world.std.com>,
  Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com> wrote:
> nospam@thanks.com.au (Don Harrison) writes:
>
> > In Ada, is all syntax involving entities and types similarly unambiguous?
> > If so, the requirement, in Ada, that an entity and it's type have different
> > names is an unnecessary one.
>
> Almost, but not quite.  Eg, "Mumble'First" is a legal expression whether
> Mumble is a type or an array object.  And "pragma Import(Eiffel, Mumble);"
> is legal for practically any sort of Mumble.

Also, Mumble(X) could be either an array element or a type conversion.

				-- Adam

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