Re: Visibility and access to "public" attributes

[nospam@thanks.com.au (Don Harrison)]

I wrote:

:Mike Card wrote:

:I accept this more accurately emulates the Eiffel functionality, and.. 
:
::.. there is no restriction in Ada that prevents an access function
::from having the same name as a class' (tagged type's) attribute.
:
:True.

What remains, of course, is the fact that the Eiffel mechanism is simpler 
and more direct - objectively-speaking, that is.  :)

Why objectively? Because in Eiffel, the attribute is made available in one
step and in Ada, two steps. Less steps implies directness which, in turn, 
implies simplicity, so we can conclude that the Eiffel mechanism is both 
more direct and simpler.

It seems that the meaning of the word "subjective" is, shall we say, subjective.
To many, it has the usual meaning of "depending on individual perception".
To some, it means:

  "A quality which I can ascribe to a statement made by an opponent 
   which I know to be valid but believe my opponent will find difficult, 
   if not impossible, to justify by irrefutable argument."


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