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 2002:a24:460e:: with SMTP id j14-v6mr1479444itb.37.1541694516659; Thu, 08 Nov 2018 08:28:36 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:aca:50c4:: with SMTP id e187-v6mr50584oib.7.1541694516454; Thu, 08 Nov 2018 08:28:36 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.gegeweb.eu!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.166.216.MISMATCH!g188-v6no611957itg.0!news-out.google.com!n199-v6ni942itn.0!nntp.google.com!g188-v6no611955itg.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 08:28:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=208.114.128.105; posting-account=MRPdDAoAAADUJmZVjnYaoafXFMadSeY1 NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.114.128.105 References: <5af3c4a0-5856-47ec-bb05-0ae9f9bb24ff@googlegroups.com> <0c992f78-0496-4d8c-b046-fd75aae32599@googlegroups.com> <73b24492-2bc7-4943-b86e-87b73b21a8dc@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Trivia: Ada packages are great! From: Olivier Henley Injection-Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2018 16:28:36 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:54800 Date: 2018-11-08T08:28:36-08:00 List-Id: > Well, a class can't either. The equivalent of a class is a tagged type + > primitive subprograms declared in a package; but you can have more than > one tagged type in a package. The C++ class 'Curve' can exists directly inside the file curve.h, therefore a clash can happen both on file name and as a type declaration, doesn't it? I was really asking: Therefore an Ada type cannot 'dangle free' as a C++ class can? (the C++ class 'is a user defined type')