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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3cd94a799504cebd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-16 13:26:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!sfo2-feed1.news.digex.net!intermedia!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator-la!news-in-la.newsfeeds.com!news-in.superfeed.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <19130ae.0110151428.65937d5b@posting.google.com> <3BCC8AF0.A8B1115D@san.rr.com> Subject: Re: Small question concerning use Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:26:16 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 20:26:16 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14750 Date: 2001-10-16T20:26:16+00:00 List-Id: In article <3BCC8AF0.A8B1115D@san.rr.com>, Darren New says... > >Ted Dennison wrote: >> I'd say you should stick with full dot notation until you get your feet fully >> under you. After you get used to it, you may find that things like >> Ada.Strings.Unbounded.To_Unbounded_String aren't really all that bad. > >I'd be bothered by such stuff less if it wasn't so repetitive. >Ada.Streams.Stream_Element_Count instead of Ada.Streams.Count? >How many times do I have to say "Unbounded" or "String"? Well, yes. You aren't missing anything, your observation is dead on. Unfortunately the folks who wrote the Ada libraries "took sides" on this issue. The best thing to do here is to take it as a constant reminder to yourself to pick better names for your *own* packages and objects. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.