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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3d3f20d31be1c33a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jsa@alexandria.organon.com (Jon S Anthony) Subject: Re: Use use type? (Was Re: Safety-critical development in Ada and Eiffel) Date: 1997/07/24 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 258558731 Distribution: world References: <5r64cq$meh@peg.apc.org> Organization: PSINet Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-07-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <5r64cq$meh@peg.apc.org> morganpalaeo@peg.apc.org (Morgan Palaeo Associates) writes: > bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff) wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > >The choice of names. "With" should be "use" or "uses" (the latter is > >from UCSD Pascal, I think). "Use" should be I-don't-know-what, but > >something other than "use". Then, when I say, "Package X uses package > >Y", you wouldn't be confused as to whether I mean "Package X makes use > >of package Y (i.e. X is a client of Y)", versus "There's a use_clause on > >package X saying 'use Y'". And we avoid the verbing of "with", as in > >"Package X withs package Y." (or is it "with's"?) which sounds horrible > >in English. "To with" ain't a verb, in English. ;-) > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > use X; view X; uses X; localize X; -- ?? (as in "local phone call") /Jon -- Jon Anthony OMI, Belmont, MA 02178 617.484.3383 "Nightmares - Ha! The way my life's been going lately, Who'd notice?" -- Londo Mollari