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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fa1cf2c5543f9ef8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-24 21:34:25 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!psuvax1!news.ecn.bgu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!transfer.stratus.com!noc.near.net!inmet!dsd!bobduff From: bobduff@dsd.camb.inmet.com (Bob Duff) Subject: Re: compilation time [was Re: Magnavox consultant] Message-ID: Sender: news@inmet.camb.inmet.com Organization: Intermetrics, Inc. References: <38afut$8m9@news.delphi.com> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 23:19:18 GMT Date: 1994-10-24T23:19:18+00:00 List-Id: In article , Robert I. Eachus wrote: > ...I have no idea yet what the numbers >are for 9X. Child units both make counting more difficult, and mean >that there may be significantly more with clauses in the same (Ada 83) >design, because massive packages have been decomposed into subsystems >with many child packages. Should you count an entire subsystem as one >"with"? I don't know, I have trouble enough in Ada 83 eliminating >double counting. Note also that each child unit will tend to have *fewer* with_clauses, since the child is implementing only a part of the whole abstraction, and will presumably need to with fewer things. I don't know how this will affect the overall numbers. Another interesting point is that with-ing a big thing is worse than with-ing a small thing, in terms of understandability. Child units allow a client to with just a few parts of a given abstraction, instead of the whole thing, which might increase the number of with_clauses, but decrease the amount of with-ed "stuff". [I hate using the word "with" as verb. :-( ] - Bob -- Bob Duff bobduff@inmet.com Oak Tree Software, Inc. Ada 9X Mapping/Revision Team (Intermetrics, Inc.)