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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8eff44ec1bcf8433 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-25 15:16:26 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Container reqs Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:25:33 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9ra00e$fag$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9qctpn$lil$1@news.huji.ac.il> <3BCA86C7.BB252751@acm.org> <%jYy7.31350$ev2.37672@www.newsranger.com> <3BCD7C50.647ADBD0@brighton.ac.uk> <9qk44b$utk$1@news.huji.ac.il> <3BD527A8.93C1F68B@brighton.ac.uk> <9r3umu$hvo$1@news.huji.ac.il> <9r4mr9$os0$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9r5ues$ns6$1@news.huji.ac.il> <9r6i04$o1r$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9r9rqj$5dh$1@news.huji.ac.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1004045134 15696 136.170.200.133 (25 Oct 2001 21:25:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 Oct 2001 21:25:34 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15202 Date: 2001-10-25T21:25:34+00:00 List-Id: One other thought: Perhaps you could lay out a few package-spec-skeletons that illustrate what you think might make a framework for a consistent library that could be extended without becoming a pile of packages? I'm curious to see what you think this might be. I agree that to the extent possible one package ought to look very similar to the next so that they all had a consistent flavor. However we also have to accept the fact that others would come along later with extensions and, perhaps, better notions of what it should look like & that the library would grow in somewhat inconsistent directions. Maybe the most we could hope for would be that each major branch would at least be internally consistent. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Ehud Lamm" wrote in message news:9r9rqj$5dh$1@news.huji.ac.il... > My only concern is that without some overall design, you'll end up with a > pile of packages, and not one consistent library. > I want things to compose nicely, and be extendable.