Re: My bug or else regarding Visibility Rules

[Anh Vo <anhvofrcaus@gmail.com>]

On Thursday, March 28, 2013 3:03:13 PM UTC-7, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> "Adam Beneschan" <adam@irvine.com> wrote in message  
> news:25ee066d-3270-4efd-829f-ed40b04c0655@googlegroups.com... 
> > On Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:54:26 PM UTC-7, Anh Vo wrote:
> >> For the codes below GNAT complains that In_Index, Buffer, and Out_Index 
> >> are undefined. 
> > However, if I comment out private key word, GNAT is happy. Did I violate 
> > Ada syntax rules? Thanks. 
> > 
> > 13.1.1(11): The usage names in an aspect_definition [ are not resolved at  
> > the point of the 
> >associated declaration, but rather] are resolved at the end of the  
> >immediately enclosing declaration list. 
> > 
> > In your example, the "immediately enclosing declaration list" ends at the  
> > keyword PRIVATE 
> > when that keyword is present; but if you take it out, the declaration list  
> > ends at "end Circular_Queue;".  
> 
> Which is the long way to say that the expression of a public aspect has to  
> be made up only of public functions and objects. Otherwise, how would a  
> caller be able to figure out the meaning of a precondition that they are  
> required to meet? Clients can never be required to look in a private part.

Actually, this part only involves post-conditions (implementer), not preconditions (clients). 
 
A. Vo