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: 103376,7eaf9f2597de2259 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-08 09:37:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!news-in-sanjose!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <9pif1o01btl@drn.newsguy.com> <3BBD12F1.9BED0B70@acm.org> <3BC0B1D4.21C79A8@acm.org> Subject: Re: on package naming, should the word 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: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 12:37:11 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 16:37:11 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13937 Date: 2001-10-08T16:37:11+00:00 List-Id: In article , Stephen Leake says... > >I use _Type. The reason is that types and objects share the same >namespace, yet the most reasonable name for an object and a type is >the same: > >type Car is record ... end record; > >Car : Car; > >This is natural, but illegal. The easiest (for _me_, not for No, there is a difference. Type "Car" supposedly can be used to represent any car imaginable (as far as your program is concerned, anyway). The object, on the other hand, represents a specific car (or a car being used for a specific purpose), and thus deserves a more specific name than the overly-general "Car". --- 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.