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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract)
Date: 1997/09/20
Date: 1997-09-20T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.874759970@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3421C4A1.4E00@gsg.eds.com


Shmuel said

<<Although I find the ordering requirements in Ada to be a nuisance, I
have to
agree with you that the specifications should be done before the body.
In all
of the Ada that I wrote, the specifications had to pass a design review
before we
were allowed to start writing the body, and everything that I saw
convinced me
that not only was the requiring reasonable but that it was necessary.>>

(can you keep lines under 80 chars, makes things a lot more readable in
many environments)

I don't understand the above. If you agree that it is reasonable to always
require specs, then how do you find the ordering requirements in Ada a
nuisance. Please give an example. if you are talking about the basic vs
later ordering rules in Ada 83, just clarify that this is what you are
talking about, because we all agree on that, and it has been fixed for
years in Ada 95.





  reply	other threads:[~1997-09-20  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 185+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <01bcb389$24f579d0$1c10d30a@ntwneil>
1997-08-28  0:00 ` Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract) Tucker Taft
1997-08-29  0:00   ` Paul Johnson
1997-08-29  0:00     ` Jon S Anthony
     [not found]       ` <EFqDC8.342@ecf.toronto.edu>
1997-09-02  0:00         ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-03  0:00           ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-03  0:00             ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-03  0:00           ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-04  0:00           ` Erik Ernst
     [not found]           ` <EFyrH2.7z2@syd.csa.com.au>
1997-09-04  0:00             ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-05  0:00               ` Don Harrison
1997-09-05  0:00                 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-06  0:00                   ` Fergus Henderson
1997-09-06  0:00                     ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-05  0:00                 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-06  0:00                   ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-09  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-09  0:00                     ` Richard Kenner
1997-09-10  0:00                     ` Tucker Taft
1997-09-10  0:00                       ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-10  0:00                       ` One pass compilation? W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-10  0:00                       ` Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract) Nick Leaton
1997-09-10  0:00                         ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-11  0:00                         ` Code ordering Steve Furlong
1997-09-12  0:00                         ` Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract) Robert Dewar
1997-09-12  0:00                           ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-11  0:00                       ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-08  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11  0:00                   ` Don Harrison
1997-09-08  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11  0:00                   ` Don Harrison
1997-09-12  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-05  0:00               ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-05  0:00                 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-06  0:00                   ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-05  0:00               ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-06  0:00                 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-06  0:00                   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-04  0:00             ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-09-05  0:00               ` Don Harrison
     [not found]                 ` <340fdb9f.0@news.uni-ulm.de>
1997-09-06  0:00                   ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-06  0:00               ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-05  0:00             ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-06  0:00               ` Matt Kennel (Remove 'NOSPAM' to reply)
1997-09-06  0:00                 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-06  0:00               ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-06  0:00                 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-06  0:00                 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-07  0:00                   ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-07  0:00                     ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10  0:00                       ` Don Harrison
1997-09-10  0:00                         ` Tucker Taft
1997-09-10  0:00                           ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10  0:00                             ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-12  0:00                               ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-13  0:00                                 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-11  0:00                             ` Lee Webber
1997-09-15  0:00                               ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-12  0:00                             ` Don Harrison
1997-09-10  0:00                           ` Don Harrison
1997-09-12  0:00                             ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-16  0:00                               ` Don Harrison
1997-09-17  0:00                                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-10  0:00                         ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-16  0:00                           ` Don Harrison
1997-09-18  0:00                             ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-18  0:00                               ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-09-20  0:00                                 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1997-09-10  0:00                         ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10  0:00                         ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-10  0:00                           ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-11  0:00                           ` Don Harrison
1997-09-11  0:00                           ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-12  0:00                             ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-13  0:00                               ` Tucker Taft
1997-09-12  0:00                             ` Samuel T. Harris
1997-09-17  0:00                             ` Don Harrison
1997-09-18  0:00                               ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-10  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-10  0:00                       ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-16  0:00                       ` Frederic Guerin
1997-09-06  0:00               ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-08  0:00               ` John G. Volan
1997-09-09  0:00                 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-09  0:00                 ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-09  0:00                   ` John G. Volan
1997-09-10  0:00                     ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-10  0:00                       ` Samuel Mize
     [not found]               ` <dewar.873826570@merv>
1997-09-09  0:00                 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-11  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-07  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-08  0:00               ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-09  0:00               ` Don Harrison
1997-09-09  0:00                 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-10  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11  0:00                   ` Don Harrison
1997-09-12  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-16  0:00                       ` Don Harrison
1997-09-17  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-05  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-01  0:00   ` Matt Kennel (Remove 'NOSPAM' to reply)
1997-09-02  0:00     ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-03  0:00       ` Matt Kennel (Remove 'NOSPAM' to reply)
1997-09-15  0:00 Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-16  0:00 ` Owen Fellows
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1997-09-12  0:00 Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-12  0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1997-09-12  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-15  0:00     ` Samuel T. Harris
1997-09-16  0:00       ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-12  0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-09  0:00 Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-15  0:00 ` Owen Fellows
1997-10-13  0:00   ` Bill Foote
1997-09-06  0:00 Ell
1997-09-06  0:00 ` Samuel Mize
     [not found] <EForKz.FJ7@ecf.toronto.edu>
1997-09-01  0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-02  0:00   ` Don Harrison
1997-08-07  0:00 Safety-critical development in Ada and Eiffel Ken Garlington
1997-08-12  0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-08-25  0:00   ` Design by Contract Bertrand Meyer
     [not found]     ` <3402d123.0@news.uni-ulm.de>
1997-08-26  0:00       ` Nick Leaton
     [not found]         ` <3402e51d.0@news.uni-ulm.de>
     [not found]           ` <3402E8C9.3384D976@calfp.co.uk>
     [not found]             ` <dewar.872631036@merv>
     [not found]               ` <3403F668.F6B57D97@calfp.co.uk>
     [not found]                 ` <34041331.0@news.uni-ulm.de>
     [not found]                   ` <3404696D.4487EB71@eiffel.com>
1997-08-27  0:00                     ` Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract) Bertrand Meyer
     [not found]                       ` <34048FDC.13728473@eiffel.com>
1997-08-27  0:00                         ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-08-28  0:00                           ` Patrick Doyle
1997-08-28  0:00                             ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-08-28  0:00                           ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-29  0:00                             ` Robert Dewar
     [not found]                             ` <EForsv.Fqo@ecf.toronto.edu>
     [not found]                               ` <JSA.97Aug29191413@alexandria.organon.com>
     [not found]                                 ` <EFqDAG.2zn@ecf.toronto.edu>
1997-08-30  0:00                                   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-02  0:00                                   ` Don Harrison
1997-09-02  0:00                                     ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-03  0:00                                       ` Don Harrison
     [not found]                                     ` <EFwuzD.BxE@ecf.toronto.edu>
1997-09-04  0:00                                       ` Don Harrison
1997-09-05  0:00                                         ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-09  0:00                                           ` Don Harrison
1997-09-09  0:00                                             ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-10  0:00                                               ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
1997-09-10  0:00                                                 ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-12  0:00                                               ` Don Harrison
1997-09-10  0:00                                             ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-10  0:00                                               ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-09-10  0:00                                                 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-11  0:00                                                   ` Matt Austern
1997-09-12  0:00                                                     ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-13  0:00                                                     ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-10  0:00                                                 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-12  0:00                                                   ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-09-11  0:00                                               ` Robert S. White
1997-09-11  0:00                                                 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-12  0:00                                                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-13  0:00                                                 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-12  0:00                                               ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-13  0:00                                                 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-16  0:00                                                   ` Brian Rogoff
1997-09-04  0:00                                       ` John G. Volan
1997-09-04  0:00                                         ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-05  0:00                                           ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-05  0:00                                             ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-06  0:00                                               ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-08  0:00                                               ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-06  0:00                                             ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-08  0:00                                           ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-09  0:00                                             ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-09  0:00                                               ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10  0:00                                                 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-09  0:00                                             ` Robert S. White
1997-09-09  0:00                                             ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-11  0:00                                               ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11  0:00                                                 ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
1997-09-12  0:00                                                 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-14  0:00                                                   ` Ken Garlington
1997-09-09  0:00                                           ` Matt Kennel (Remove 'NOSPAM' to reply)
1997-09-10  0:00                                             ` John Viega
1997-09-10  0:00                                               ` Matt Kennel (Remove 'NOSPAM' to reply)
1997-09-05  0:00                                         ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-05  0:00                                         ` Franck Arnaud
1997-08-28  0:00                       ` Tucker Taft
1997-08-28  0:00                         ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-08-28  0:00                           ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-29  0:00                             ` Suzanne Zampella
1997-08-29  0:00                               ` Jon S Anthony
     [not found]                             ` <EFnK8D.Lsv@ecf.toronto.edu>
1997-08-29  0:00                               ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-30  0:00                                 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-08-30  0:00                                   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-01  0:00                                     ` Patrick Doyle
     [not found]                             ` <340E9BA2.32B3@rbgg252.rbg1.siemens.de>
1997-09-07  0:00                               ` Robert Dewar
     [not found]                         ` <3406A707.787D@dmu.ac.uk>
1997-08-29  0:00                           ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-08-29  0:00                             ` Ralph Paul
1997-09-01  0:00                           ` Don Harrison
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