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From: 18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ)
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Subject: Re: Clause "with and use"
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"Stephane Richard" <stephane.richard@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<Ve5pb.36825$294.35899@nwrdny03.gnilink.net>...
> "Pascal Obry" <p.obry@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
> news:uekwr4u1k.fsf@wanadoo.fr...
> >
> > Gautier Write-only <gautier@fakeaddress.nil> writes:
> >
> > > If you wanted to discourage writing bad programs in that optic, you
>  should
> > > suppress the use_clause as a context_clause (for the non-Manual maniaks,
> > > these are clauses before "procedure" or "package").
> > > The with_and_use_clause won't add any facility, but will reduce typing.
> >
> > Which is not what is important. I don't think that the language will be
> > changed just to "reduce typing".
> >
> > Pascal.
> 
> Agreed, who has it in his signature quote that: "Saving keystrokes is the
> job of the Editor, not of the programming langiage" ?  ;-)

OK, I think I'm starting to get it. Redundant keystrokes are what make
Ada the great language it is! I guess I was just too stubborn to see
that sooner. Now that I see the light, let me propose a way to use
even more redundant keystrokes:

   with My_Great_Package;
   use My_Great_Package;
   Yes_I_really_mean_use My_Great_Package;
   No_I_am_not_kidding_use My_Great_Package;
   Did_you_read_that_correctly_use My_Great_Package;
   Oh_and_dont_forget_with My_Great_Package;
   Oh_by_the_way_I_think_Ill_use_another_language My_Great_Package;
   because_this_one_is_ridiculous My_Great_Package;

Customizing your editor to automate this should be a breeze, and this
will make Ada rock!

It's really painful to see a great language die of overzealous
followers.