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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: controlled type in generic package?
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 15:41:51 GMT
Date: 2001-02-08T15:41:51+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <95uens$rcf$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 95sgl2$3c8$1@wanadoo.fr

In article <95sgl2$3c8$1@wanadoo.fr>,
  "Jean-Pierre Rosen" <rosen.adalog@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> ... but to be fair:
> Do you know ANY language that allows it ?
>
> Most OO languages (C++, Java, Eiffel, even Turbo-Pascal) do not allow
> declaring classes within a subprogram.
> In Ada, all classes must be declared at the same level. In other l
> anguages, all classes must be declared at level 0.
> So Ada is actually *more* permissive than other languages...

That's one way to put a positive spin on it. The negative spin is that
C++ allows users to create "controlled" classes everywhere a
non-controlled class can be declared, while Ada does not. :-)

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T.E.D.

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  reply	other threads:[~2001-02-08 15:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-02-06 11:06 controlled type in generic package? Nils Priebe
     [not found] ` <slrn97vtf5.ho.lutz@taranis.iks-jena.de>
     [not found]   ` <95q19j$9d$1@usenet.rational.com>
2001-02-07 10:11     ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2001-02-07 21:57       ` Mark Lundquist
     [not found]   ` <95p2ab$463$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
2001-02-07 15:08     ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2001-02-08 15:41       ` Ted Dennison [this message]
2001-02-08 18:21         ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2001-02-08 16:31       ` Florian Weimer
2001-02-08 21:10       ` Brian Rogoff
2001-02-09 10:39         ` Florian Weimer
2001-02-09 17:02           ` Brian Rogoff
2001-02-09 18:45             ` Florian Weimer
2001-02-13  0:32           ` Nick Roberts
2001-02-14  0:30             ` Jon S Anthony
     [not found]               ` <x7vg0hd20cm.fsf@smaug.pushface.org>
     [not found]                 ` <hovk6.96$aw5.304@www.newsranger.com>
2001-02-23 20:50                   ` Simon Wright
     [not found]     ` <95q1fa$9e$1@usenet.rational.com>
2001-02-07 15:28       ` Ted Dennison
2001-02-07 16:29         ` Brian Rogoff
     [not found]           ` <3A82A66D.49DE7EBD@bton.ac.uk>
2001-02-08 15:15             ` Robert Dewar
2001-02-08 16:56             ` Florian Weimer
2001-02-09 10:25               ` John English
2001-02-09 19:46                 ` Brian Rogoff
2001-02-07 18:52         ` Pat Rogers
2001-02-07 19:23           ` Pat Rogers
2001-02-07 19:50             ` Ted Dennison
2001-02-07 22:52         ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2001-02-08  9:36           ` dmitry6243
2001-02-09  8:51             ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2001-02-09 12:28               ` dmitry6243
2001-02-08 19:58           ` Mark Lundquist
2001-02-10  9:54           ` Thomas Wolf
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