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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Convention for naming of packages
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:07:51 +0100
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Date: 2012-02-13T14:07:51+01:00
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On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:30:17 +0100, Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57) wrote:

> Le Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:57:48 +0100, Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)  
> <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> a écrit:
>> The most trivial example comes with Instance_Type. That's not the same  
>> when it stands for the main type of a package […]
> 
> Before I forget this question: in a similar manner, I am seeking for a  
> generic name for procedure or function, when the main purpose of a package  
> is a procedure or function. I though Apply and Eval or Get of Value could  
> be option (Value being my current favorite for pure functions), but I'm  
> not clearly fine with any one of these.

These are the result of Ada lacking means to declare user-defined
dereference/delegation operations. I know no good schema for naming these.
Ada 2012 might show itself better in that respect eliminating need in
explicit naming of some of such operations.

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de