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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: Elimination of "use" clauses
Date: 1999/07/12
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In article <7mdml7$vo4$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
> My preferred approach would be to forbid any user packages
> from duplicating the names used in the RM in Annex A and
> other standard packages, unless there is a very definite
> methodological reason for the duplication (e.g. defining
> a Put procedure for additional types).

That's a pretty hefty set of useful names you are putting off-limits!
For instance:
  "Move", "Index", "Count", "Insert", "Delete" (Ada.Strings.Fixed)
  "Split" (Ada.Calendar)
  "Read", "Write" (Ada.Storage_IO, Ada.Streams)
  "Create", "Reset", "Name" (Ada.Text_IO)
  "Initialize", "Adjust" (Ada.Finalization)
  "Size" (Ada.Direct_IO)

Looking over this list, its interesting how much more sense each makes
at first glance when given the context of its package name...

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T.E.D.


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