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=0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,99f33f51845a7793 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-08 07:24:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!195.54.122.107!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!news.algonet.se!algonet!news2.tninet.se!not-for-mail From: "Peter Hend�n" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: 'withing' problem Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:24:48 +0100 Organization: Teknisk Dokumentation AB Sender: root@algonet.invalid Message-ID: <9se84a$54k$1@green.tninet.se> References: <3be27344$0$227$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net> <3BE42900.7590E899@adaworks.com> Reply-To: "Peter Hend�n" NNTP-Posting-Host: kairos.algonet.se X-Trace: green.tninet.se 1005233098 5268 194.213.75.171 (8 Nov 2001 15:24:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@algonet.se NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 15:24:58 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16065 Date: 2001-11-08T16:24:48+01:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote: > I guess one could use the argumentation to say that the lack of unsafe > pointers in Ada is also an "unfortunate limitation"? But Ada _has_ unsafe pointers, hasn't it? In my mind, the suggestions given for avoiding circular specification dependencies are more cumbersome and unsafe than the circularity itself. I would really like to see more detailed arguments against allowing circular dependencies. That said, I would agree that they should be avoided whenever possible, in the same way that goto, unchecked_* and others should be avoided. /Peter H. -- Peter Hend�n http://www.algonet.se/~phenden ICQ: 14672398 Teknisk Dokumentation AB http://www.tdab.com