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From: "Anders Wirzenius" <anders.wirzenius@pp.qnet.fi>
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Subject: Re: use-clause
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Sven Nilsson wrote in message <3AA48DE9.A0650F21@emw.ericsson.se>...
>I'm sorry if I disrupt this thread with a slightly off-topic question
>(which I'm sure has been discussed countless times before) BUT
>
>This use-thingy. Is it really ant good? I've only ever used Ada in HUGE
>projects with loads of people writing the code and I've found that the
>use-clause can be a real pain as it dosn't give you a clue as to where
>things are declared. Right now I'm teaching new arrivals about Ada 95
>and I invariably tell them NOT to use the use-clause.
>Now, there're a lot of very clever and skilled people reading this
>news-group and I'd be interested in your feelings on "use". Is it a Do
>or Don't? Generally speaking?

Lazy as I am, I am writing this without having read the compiler
documentation, but I would not be surprised if there is some compiler
options that result in an ali-file with the relevant information. Anyone who
is not as lazy as I and can enlighten on that possibility?

Anders