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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com>
Subject: Re: Surprise in array concatenation
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:56:00 -0700
Date: 2005-09-08T09:56:00-07:00	[thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: <qWQTe.2510$6e1.231@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>

adaworks@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> 
> Enumerated types, as presently designed, are not extensible.  They
> do no encapsulate their operations, and new operations, though
> they can be added, do not bind in a way that conforms to conventional
> OO design principles.

So? Ada types should not be a consideration during design. Once your 
have your design, you decide how to implement it. If enumerated types 
are not suitable, don't use them.

Your compiler implements your design in machine code, which has no 
extension mechanisms. Should that affect your design?

-- 
Jeffrey Carter
"Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time."
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
E-mail: jeffrey_r_carter-nr [commercial-at]
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-09-08 16:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 108+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-09-01  3:16 Surprise in array concatenation Gene
2005-09-01  7:55 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-01  8:02   ` Florian Weimer
2005-09-01 11:48     ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-01 12:02       ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2005-09-01 13:01         ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-01 15:54       ` Florian Weimer
2005-09-01 16:09     ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-05  8:38       ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2005-09-05 23:52         ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-06  9:03           ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2005-09-07 17:57         ` adaworks
2005-09-07 20:01           ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-08  8:08             ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2005-09-07 22:46           ` Jeffrey Carter
2005-09-08  4:43             ` Simon Wright
2005-09-08 10:36               ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-08 13:47                 ` Ed Falis
2005-09-08 17:03                   ` Pascal Obry
2005-09-08 16:45               ` Jeffrey Carter
2005-09-08 19:37                 ` Simon Wright
2005-09-08  6:32             ` adaworks
2005-09-08  9:09               ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2005-09-08 16:56               ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2005-09-09 14:04                 ` Bob Spooner
2005-09-09 16:17                 ` adaworks
2005-09-23 23:04               ` Randy Brukardt
2005-09-14  8:57           ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2005-09-23 23:09           ` Randy Brukardt
2005-09-24 10:49             ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-09-24 20:27             ` Lurker
2005-09-25  0:20             ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-25 17:05             ` adaworks
2005-09-01 11:42   ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-01 13:59     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-01 15:36       ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-01 18:34         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-02 10:43           ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-02 13:11             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-02 14:23               ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-02 19:48                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-02 17:21           ` Björn Persson
2005-09-01 16:04   ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-01 18:06     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-02 10:42       ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-02 13:20         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-02 14:14           ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-02 19:48             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-03 20:01               ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-04 10:13                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-05 13:22                   ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-05 15:50                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-05 18:20                       ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-05 18:31                         ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-06  8:20                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-06 11:52                           ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-06 13:46                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-06 15:51                               ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-06 21:32                                 ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-07  9:08                                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-07 18:20                                   ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-07 19:07                                     ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-07 21:23                                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-08 10:27                                       ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-08 11:39                                         ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-08 13:44                                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-08 18:18                                           ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-09 10:06                                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-09 12:26                                               ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-09 12:29                                               ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-01  8:48 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2005-09-01 15:57 ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-01 21:42   ` Gene
2005-09-01 22:56     ` tmoran
2005-09-05 15:53       ` Gene
2005-09-05 17:47         ` jimmaureenrogers
2005-09-05 22:13           ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-06  8:24             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-05 19:22         ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2005-09-05 21:54           ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-05 22:50             ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-09-05 23:46               ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-12  3:59                 ` Dave Thompson
2005-09-06 16:02             ` Jeffrey Carter
2005-09-06 21:00               ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-06  5:38         ` Pascal Obry
2005-09-05 21:48       ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-06  5:25         ` tmoran
2005-09-06 14:58           ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-06  9:26         ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-09-06 15:00           ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-07 11:02             ` Thierry Pirot
2005-09-07 20:09               ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-06 13:22         ` Bob Spooner
2005-09-06 15:30           ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-06 16:12             ` Jeffrey Carter
2005-09-06 21:21               ` Robert A Duff
2005-09-02 20:19     ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2005-09-03 12:51     ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2005-09-03 14:08       ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2005-09-05  8:34         ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2005-09-05  9:32           ` Arrays indexed by fixed point types (Was: Surprise in array concatenation) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2005-09-05 11:07             ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2005-09-05 15:12               ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2005-09-05 12:14             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-05 13:07               ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2005-09-05 15:10                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-09-05 11:29           ` Surprise in array concatenation Dr. Adrian Wrigley
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