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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c7d1d12d1859ad7f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-08 00:28:25 PST Path: swrinde!pipex!uunet!fdn.fr!jussieu.fr!unilim.fr!NewsWatcher!user From: gauthier@unilim.fr (Michel Gauthier) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: An Ada9X mimic of C++ friends? Date: 8 Feb 1995 09:32:20 GMT Organization: Universite de Limoges Message-ID: References: <3h7u4p$8cp@bellboy.ucc.uconn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 164.81.60.62 Date: 1995-02-08T09:32:20+00:00 List-Id: In article <3h7u4p$8cp@bellboy.ucc.uconn.edu>, needham@newsserver.uconn.edu (Donald M Needham) wrote: >> Is there a construct in Ada9x that circumvents data abstraction >> similar to a friend in C++? "Friends" are patches caused by the lack of essential features that exist in Ada. Therefore, I suggest you not to overspecify in C++ spirit. IMHO, try to ask yourself if you are not in a case where objects are not the right concept, and where a classic concept of value would be better to model real world. -- Michel Gauthier - Laboratoire d'informatique - 123 avenue Albert Thomas F-87060 Limoges - fax +33()55457315 ----- Are the messages that objects exchange also objects ? -----