Re: Subprogram Renaming

[dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)]

James Squire said

"So I am totally at a loss to see how Ada95 added anything to the case
cited in 6.2 of the Rationale to allow you to do something you weren't
able to do in Ada83."

I don't see this is so confusing in the Rationale. The new thing, as is
clear from your quote, is being allowed to use a subprogram renaming
declaration AS A BODY (in particular as a completion).

The notion (and syntax) of a subprogram renaming declaration of course
is not new, so there is no point in looking for a change in that section.

But I realize that a lot of people need examples (I hate them :-) so
here is one:

package q i
  procedure j;
end q;

package body q is
   ...
   procedure j renames k;
end q;