Re: Encaspulation: What to export

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru> writes:

> I am writing free software containing a kinda parser, which converts from
> external representation into the internal format of my Ada program.
>
> What should be in the public package interface and what in package body
> only?
>
> Should I export only the parser for the main object (as it is the only
> parser used by the rest of the program)?
>
> or should I export parsers for all subobjects (because exporting only the
> main parser and not exporting the rest ones is kinda asymmetric: some parser
> is exported and some are not)?

The public part of the spec should contain only what clients need to
see.