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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,dfe340a115a0bc1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-04 04:22:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!zeus.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!news.octanews.net!newsread.com!newsstand.newsread.com!POSTED.monger.newsread.com!not-for-mail From: Peter C. Chapin Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Naming convention for classes? Message-ID: References: Organization: Kelsey Mountain Software X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.50 Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 11:49:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.114.175.195 X-Complaints-To: Abuse Role , We Care X-Trace: monger.newsread.com 1075895346 216.114.175.195 (Wed, 04 Feb 2004 06:49:06 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 06:49:06 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5219 Date: 2004-02-04T11:49:06+00:00 List-Id: In article , tmoran@acm.org says... > Remember that a package can contain more than one type definition, and > in general a package is a higher level of abstraction than any one of > its contents. Yes, I understand... although in the case where one is trying to build a "class" in the sense meant by other object oriented languages, using a package to wrap up a single type and its operations also seems to be sensible as well. I can see that this is a matter of debate. > Have you looked at "Ada Quality and Style"? No, but I will look for it. Thanks! Peter