From: Ted Dennison<dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: Ada95 tutorials with sample code.
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 15:06:18 GMT
Date: 2001-03-06T15:06:18+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <K17p6.100$54.150@www.newsranger.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5l3p6.160282$Ch.32975101@newsrump.sjc.telocity.net
In article <5l3p6.160282$Ch.32975101@newsrump.sjc.telocity.net>, David C. Hoos,
Sr. says...
>
>The "use" clause was desirable in limited circumstances in
>Ada83. My personal rule was to use a "use" clause only
>to make infix operators visible -- i.i. to avoid having to
>write A := My_Package."+"(B, C);
>instead of the more readable A := B + C;
I wouldn't even do that. You can achieve the same effect by using a function
renames:
function "+" (Left, Right : My_Package.My_Type) return My_Package.My_Type
renames My_Package."+";
Fortunately, Ada95's "use type" renders most of this discussion moot.
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2001-03-05 20:40 Ada95 tutorials with sample code mcdoobie
2001-03-05 20:58 ` Erik Sigra
2001-03-06 2:45 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-03-06 7:12 ` Sven Nilsson
2001-03-06 8:09 ` tmoran
2001-03-06 10:38 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2001-03-06 10:38 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2001-03-06 15:06 ` Ted Dennison [this message]
2001-03-06 15:29 ` Robert A Duff
2001-03-06 16:54 ` Ted Dennison
2001-03-06 15:48 ` Ted Dennison
2001-03-06 18:19 ` Robert A Duff
2001-03-06 21:19 ` Ted Dennison
2001-03-08 6:13 ` Simon Wright
2001-03-10 16:30 ` Brian Rogoff
2001-03-06 18:20 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2001-03-06 20:10 ` Erik Sigra
2001-03-07 14:31 ` Simon Pilgrim
2001-03-06 21:47 ` Ted Dennison
2001-03-07 0:11 ` Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
2001-03-07 6:44 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-03-07 6:46 ` use-clause Anders Wirzenius
2001-03-07 18:13 ` use-clause Jean-Pierre Rosen
2001-03-07 7:54 ` Ada95 tutorials with sample code Sven Nilsson
2001-03-07 15:10 ` Marin David Condic
2001-03-08 0:05 ` Mark Lundquist
2001-03-06 15:03 ` Marin David Condic
2001-03-06 14:31 ` BSCrawford
2001-03-06 22:38 ` mcdoobie
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2001-03-06 23:51 Beard, Frank
2001-03-06 23:58 Beard, Frank
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2001-03-07 12:09 ` Mario Amado Alves
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.10.10103071153320.971-100000@lexis.di.fct.unl.pt>
2001-03-07 13:12 ` Erik Sigra
2001-03-07 18:07 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
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