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From: Vinzent Hoefler <ada.rocks@jlfencey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Ariane5 FAQ
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 18:54:43 +0200
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Hyman Rosen wrote:

>Vinzent Hoefler wrote:
>> But doesn't most C++-code rely on pointers?
> > Or is that just bad C-like style?
>
>Yes and no. A lot of use of pointers goes away with
>STL containers, since std::vector replaces plain arrays
>in typical cases.

Ok.

>The remaining use for pointers is in
>polymorphism, where you have a pointer to a base class
>which may point to some derived object. Does SPARK
>allow OO?

It does, but...

>If so, how?

... only statically. There is no dynamic dispatching, so there's no
need for access types there.

>If not, you can also avoid it in
>C++ in the same way.

Probably, yes.


Vinzent.