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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: friend classes in ada95
Date: 2000/04/19
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In article <38FCD19F.49DD6519@lmco.com>,
  John Rusnak <john.j.rusnak@lmco.com> wrote:
> Note that it is recommended in Ada as a matter of good style
> NOT to put more than one tagged type in a package.  (See
> Section9.6 of the Styl Guide).  And I have to agree with this
> design choice.  When I do have to put a seond tagged type in a
> package, I generally place it within the
> context of an internal (child?) package.


I find this seriously misguided advice, there is no reason
to treat tagged types specially here. Putting multiple related
types into a package often makes sense, whether or not they
are tagged.


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