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From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: Why both "with" and "use"?
Date: 1999/02/18
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In article <7af68r$52o$1@platane.wanadoo.fr>,
  "Jean-Pierre Rosen" <rosen.adalog@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> My personal religion is to apply the use to the smallest
> region where it is necessary.

I very much dislike this style, I think this kind of very
local use obfuscates the code, especially if you go so far
as to create blocks just for the purpose of including a use
clause. I would hate to see

    declare
       use Text_IO;
    begin
       Put (A);
       Put (B);
       Put_Line (C);
    end;

I don't see that as helpful.

This does not mean of course that local use is always a bad
idea, but I am suspicious of any "religeon" in this area.
Better to have a completely non-religeous viewpoint, and
use whatever makes best sense in each particular situation.

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