From: Samuel Mize <smize@imagin.net>
Subject: Re: Why both "with" and "use"?
Date: 1999/02/16
Date: 1999-02-16T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7acj53$1vu@news3.newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m3lni1ucb9.fsf@mheaney.ni.net
Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org> wrote:
> Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> writes:
>> But in most cases, being able to know the package the item is declared
>> in is quite useful.
> Yes, this is true, but not using a use clause isn't the only way to
> effect this goal. Careful naming conventions make the origin of the
> entity obvious, in spite of the presence of a use clause.
[example snipped]
> These days, I hardly ever don't use a use clause, and I've formed the
> tentative opinion that Ada should have defined the with clause to have
> the semantics of both with and use.
I concur that the use clause is under-used and over-maligned.
I do find it useful sometimes to be able to "with" a package without
"using" it, to control namespaces and prevent annoying collisions.
Overall, I'd just prefer that a "use" statement in a context clause
implied the corresponding "with" statement.
Best,
Sam Mize
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Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-02-13 0:00 Why both "with" and "use"? Mike Silva
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Corey Minyard
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-13 0:00 ` bill
1999-02-14 0:00 ` dewar
1999-02-14 0:00 ` dewar
1999-02-14 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-02-14 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-16 0:00 ` Samuel Mize [this message]
1999-02-17 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-02-17 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-17 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-02-17 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-02-17 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-02-18 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-18 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Brian Hanson
1999-02-19 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-19 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-23 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-02-19 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-19 0:00 ` bourguet
1999-02-19 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-19 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-19 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Ada multiple string personalities. why so many? mike
1999-02-19 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-02-22 0:00 ` Brian Hanson
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Why both "with" and "use"? dennison
1999-02-19 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-18 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-18 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-02-18 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-19 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-02-17 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-13 0:00 ` mike
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-02-13 0:00 ` bill
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-13 0:00 ` bill
1999-02-14 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-02-14 0:00 ` Bob Collins
1999-02-14 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-02-16 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-15 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-02-15 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1999-02-16 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-02-15 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
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