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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!reality.xs3.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!loke.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Accessibility checks Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 23:51:37 -0500 Organization: Jacob Sparre Andersen Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: <87mwplvthn.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: static-69-95-181-76.mad.choiceone.net X-Trace: loke.gir.dk 1374209498 25007 69.95.181.76 (19 Jul 2013 04:51:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 04:51:38 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:16423 Date: 2013-07-18T23:51:37-05:00 List-Id: "Jeffrey Carter" wrote in message news:ks7d92$iv7$1@dont-email.me... > On 07/17/2013 04:44 PM, Randy Brukardt wrote: ... >> It would be tempting to dump the entire accessibility mess into trash, >> but >> the only alternative is erroneousness, which is too awful to contemplate. > > Isn't that what you get when you use 'Unchecked_Access? True, but in the cases where accessibility works, it would be a step backwards to remove protection. And at least some programmers claim that accessibility works for them (I presume that they are using it in contexts where static checking will work). Randy.