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From: dale <dale@cs.rmit.edu.au>
Subject: Re: HELP: renames and enum values
Date: 2000/04/09
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Robert Dewar wrote:

> subtype x is y;
> 
> why isn't that good enough for renaming purposes????

...because beginners don't think of it?

Is there any reason why it shouldn't work? (apart from being another
way to accomplish the same thing), i.e. is there some fundamental 
philosoply embedded in Ada that means it would be a Bad Thing?


Dale