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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3a9b49a9162025eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-07 21:51:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: kcline17@hotmail.com (Kevin Cline) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Bye-bye Ada ? (Ada95 Wholesale Changes?) Date: 7 Feb 2003 21:51:36 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: References: <3E3B7BB5.A1A070@adaworks.com> <3NY_9.9226$x63.6255@nwrddc01.gnilink.net> <3E40A07A.CD174746@adaworks.com> <1044457651.769640@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3E42A61C.20905@cogeco.ca> <3E432DD4.7F256C85@adaworks.com> <3E43FA31.9873C5AA@adaworks.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.219.89.90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1044683497 28855 127.0.0.1 (8 Feb 2003 05:51:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Feb 2003 05:51:37 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33907 Date: 2003-02-08T05:51:37+00:00 List-Id: Richard Riehle wrote in message news:<3E43FA31.9873C5AA@adaworks.com>... > Hyman Rosen wrote: > > > If the function is inline and you change its implementation, > > the compiler is going to want to recompile all its callers. > > But no change to corresponding specifications. The only thing > that needs to be recompiled is the implementating code and that > is compiled separately within package bodies. This preserves > the integrity of the design. Also, there is no need to modify > any code, only to recompile a few of the bodies. > > This is substantially different from the C++ model. I don't see the substantial difference, except that in C++ the same syntax can not be used for data access and a niladic function call.