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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4c86cf2332cbe682 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-19 08:49:59 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!udel!news.mathworks.com!hookup!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!chsun!mlma11.matrix.ch!user From: Mats.Weber@matrix.ch (Mats Weber) Subject: Re: Ada.strings.bounded problems? Message-ID: Sender: usenet@eunet.ch Organization: ELCA Matrix SA References: <3f3rl7$kts@watnews1.watson.ibm.com> <3fduto$ta7@watnews1.watson.ibm.com> <3fj8gs$h9b@watnews1.watson.ibm.com> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 16:49:59 GMT Date: 1995-01-19T16:49:59+00:00 List-Id: In article <3fj8gs$h9b@watnews1.watson.ibm.com>, ncohen@watson.ibm.com wrote: > (This is not the usual use for tagged types, since, even though the full > type can be extended in the body or in a private child package, this is > unlikely to happen. In this case, the type is declared tagged solely so > that the new composition rules for "=" will apply to it. Tucker Taft > will correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that these are the rules he > would have liked to apply to ALL types if he had been starting with a > blank slate. Upward compatibility with Ada 83 constrained him to "do the > right thing" only for tagged types, which of course do not arise in > Ada-83 programs.) So sad ! I think it is the biggest defect I know of in Ada 95. Mats