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From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
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Subject: Re: Beginners question: Compound types, how-to?
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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:25:21 -0400
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"Vinzent Hoefler" <nntp-2010-10@t-domaingrabbing.de> writes:

> On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:19:03 +0100, Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> wrote:
>
>> "Vinzent Hoefler" <nntp-2010-10@t-domaingrabbing.de> writes:
>>
>>> On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:46:37 +0100, Georg Bauhaus <rm-host.bauhaus@maps.futureapps.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Please don't mistake this suggestion to be in favor
>>>> of separate namespaces for types and other things.
>>>
>>> Not that this would be a problem:
>>>
>>>    Weapon_Procedures.Attack (Weapon : Weapon_Types.Weapon);
>>
>> But why would you want to attack a weapon?
>>
>> Well, to be fair, that's what point-defence anti-missile systems do, I
>> suppose; I definitely had the 'Using' use case in mind, though!
>
> See, if you think hard enough, the name problem is solved:
>
> Attack_With (Weapon : Offensive_Weapon);
> Defend_With (Weapon : Defensive_Weapon);
>
> Or maybe the other way around:
>
> Attack_With (Offensive_Weapon : Weapon);
> Defend_With (Defensive_Weapon : Weapon);

Once again, two solutions. How am I supposed to choose between them?

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