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 10.224.7.7 with SMTP id b7mr22936826qab.5.1376248814842; Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:20:14 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.49.11.134 with SMTP id q6mr546764qeb.0.1376248814784; Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:20:14 -0700 (PDT) Path: border1.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!f7no1915342qan.0!news-out.google.com!he10ni1415qab.0!nntp.google.com!fx3no2008253qab.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:20:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <79ec97f1-b5f8-4b12-b351-262fad685f50@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.20.190.126; posting-account=lJ3JNwoAAAAQfH3VV9vttJLkThaxtTfC NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.20.190.126 References: <79ec97f1-b5f8-4b12-b351-262fad685f50@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Generics and Child Packages From: Shark8 Injection-Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 19:20:14 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Original-Bytes: 1660 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:182968 Date: 2013-08-11T12:20:14-07:00 List-Id: > Semantically there is no difference between a nested package and a child = package,=20 Actually there is a bit of a difference: you cannot WITH a nested package l= ike you can a child. Moreover, [WRT the specs,] a child's alteration needn'= t do anything to what needs recompiled, whereas a nested package does -- th= erefore the nested package is more tightly bound to its parent than the chi= ld is.