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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,3d3f20d31be1c33a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: nospam@thanks.com.au (Don Harrison) Subject: Re: Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract) Date: 1997/09/11 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 271782498 Sender: news@syd.csa.com.au X-Nntp-Posting-Host: dev50 References: Organization: CSC Australia, Sydney Reply-To: nospam@thanks.com.au Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel Date: 1997-09-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: :There is no reason to have an expectation that the routines in the body :be in the same order as those in the spec, and as I have pointed out :before, we always order the subprograms in the body alphabetically, which :turns out to be much more convenient for reference purposes, particularly :if you print out the code.. Not sure who you mean when you say "we always order..", but you can't be speaking on behalf of all Ada developers. I understand why you might have such a preference but it's by no means common to everyone. For those who may choose to order differently, there *is* a reason why they may want to preserve the same ordering as the spec - consistency. If you're familiar with the ordering in the spec, then you don't have to learn a different ordering for the body (Yes, I know you only have to remember the alphabet if you use alphabetic ordering; presumably, that's why you like it). Don. (Reverse to reply) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Don Harrison au.com.csa.syd@donh