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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: How would you override this???
Date: 1998/05/14
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<<package Commands is

   procedure Execute is abstract;

end Commands;


This compiles with Gnat 3.10, but what does it mean? Could it
be overridden, and how would you override it?
>>


It does not mean much, but it does not mean nothing. For example, it
means that a child of Commands will not be able to have use visibility
on a parameterless procedure Execute from a with'ed package.

But why should it mean antying? There are lots of ways to write
meaning;less nonsense in any language.

   type x is range 1 .. 0;                                            
   for x'Size use 0;                                                  
                                                                      
does not seem very meaningful, but is certainly legal!