From: Ed Falis <falis@ma.aonix.com>
Subject: Re: Elimination of "use" clauses
Date: 1999/07/02
Date: 1999-07-02T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7lj9lb$mos$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7lh74s$v36$1@nnrp1.deja.com
In article <7lh74s$v36$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
Robert Dewar <dewar@gnat.com> wrote:
> I don't know of a dotification tool, but it seems strange to
> claim that it is difficult and time-consuming to find out
> which package a procedure is from. That sounds like you are
> not using appropriate tools. Try using the EMACS interface
> to GNAT, and you can immediately go from any identifier to
> the declaration (and the proper package in which this
> declaration appears). This is actually much more useful in
> reading code, since you immediately find out not only what
> package the identifier is in, but you go to the declaration
> which shows you the details of what the identifier means.
>
> There are other tools that have this same capability. This
> seems pretty important functionality. There is also the gnatfind
> utility available with GNAT for providing this same kind of
> information in command line mode.
I have to agree (strongly) with this comment. There's little reason these
days not to use such a browsing capability. This allows you to take
advantage of the benefit of use clauses: uncluttering the source text so you
can easily understand it logic and structure. With resolution of references
a click or two away, there's little excuse for long dotted-notation
references.
- Ed Falis
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Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-07-01 0:00 Elimination of "use" clauses Dr. Neil C. Audsley
1999-07-01 0:00 ` Joe Wisniewski
1999-07-01 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1999-07-01 0:00 ` czgrr
1999-07-01 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-02 0:00 ` czgrr
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <7ltus1$ah1@dfw-ixnews19.ix.netcom.com>
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-07-18 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-07-18 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1999-07-20 0:00 ` David Kristola
1999-07-20 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-07-19 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-07-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-20 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-07-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-07-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Michael F. Yoder
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-07-23 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-08-03 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-07-18 0:00 ` jerry
1999-07-19 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-07-20 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-07-20 0:00 ` Opaque Types (was Elimination of "use" clauses) David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-07-20 0:00 ` Elimination of "use" clauses jerry
1999-07-19 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-19 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-07-19 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Ed Falis [this message]
1999-07-03 0:00 ` Joe Wisniewski
1999-07-03 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-07-03 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Peter Amey
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-08 0:00 ` R. Tim Coslet
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-09 0:00 ` tmoran
[not found] ` <7ltl2q$mog$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
1999-07-08 0:00 ` Michael F. Yoder
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Michael F. Yoder
1999-07-14 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1999-07-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-12 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-10 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-07-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Michael F. Yoder
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