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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.13.196.129 with SMTP id g123mr1410004ywd.140.1486304225072; Sun, 05 Feb 2017 06:17:05 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.157.35.89 with SMTP id k25mr326588otd.11.1486304224995; Sun, 05 Feb 2017 06:17:04 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!216.166.98.84.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!q58no912755qte.0!news-out.google.com!78ni10724itm.0!nntp.google.com!r185no1455246ita.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 06:17:04 -0800 (PST) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2a02:c7d:3cda:7600:932b:b705:6315:5a80; posting-account=L2-UcQkAAAAfd_BqbeNHs3XeM0jTXloS NNTP-Posting-Host: 2a02:c7d:3cda:7600:932b:b705:6315:5a80 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Why can't Ada use dot notation on private types? From: Lucretia Injection-Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2017 14:17:05 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:33257 Date: 2017-02-05T06:17:04-08:00 List-Id: Hi, A lot of people dislike the fact that you cannot use dot notation on a tagged type if it's private. Is there a reason for this? Surely the compiler knows it's tagged when it looks it up? Luke.