From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b6e97963d32ee242 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-22 00:34:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!easynews.net!newsfeed3.easynews.net!newsfeed.vmunix.org!uio.no!nntp.newmedia.no!news.powertech.no!dax.net!juliett.dax.net!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The old "Object.Method" syntax debate References: <254c16a.0305210726.485125de@posting.google.com> From: Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen Message-ID: <7vaddf77uz.fsf@vlinux.voxelvision.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 07:34:13 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.216.12.150 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tele2.no X-Trace: juliett.dax.net 1053588853 193.216.12.150 (Thu, 22 May 2003 09:34:13 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 09:34:13 MET DST Organization: Tele2 Norway AS Public Access Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37629 Date: 2003-05-22T07:34:13+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol writes: > Vinzent Hoefler wrote: > > > > Well, although I'm quite used to that kind of syntax, I personally > > don't like that idea very much. The main reason is that it might be > > confusing to see both sorts of syntaxes in a single source file one > > day... > > And it reduces readability IMHO. with My_Windows_Package.A_Window_Method > you know where to find the procedure. > -- > Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ Excellent observation. I sometimes get the feeling that I'm in a maze of twisted little procedures, all different, but with the same name.... -- Ole-Hj. Kristensen ****************************************************************************** * C: You shoot yourself in the foot * * Ada: After correctly packaging your foot, you attempt to concurrently load * the gun, pull the trigger, scream, and shoot yourself in the foot. When * you try, however, you discover that your foot is of the wrong type. * * Algol68: you mildly deprocedure your gun, the bullet gets firmly dereferenced, * and your foot is strongly coerced to void. ******************************************************************************