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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada 2012: In-out parameters for functions
Date: Fri, 03 May 2013 12:32:03 +0100
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anon <anon@anon.org> writes:

> Another change is the "Copy by Reference" has been replaced by "Copy
> by Type".  This change alone defeats the purpose of the "limited
> private" used in Generics compilation units aka external re-usable
> libraries which forces existing libraries to be re-written. So, many
> companies that used Generic libraries are now leaving Ada for a
> language that does not alter a major language feature after 25 plus
> years of the language existence.

I don't think I've ever used a limited private formal type, and I don't
recognise 'has to be rewritten'.

So, which generic libraries are you thinking of? And which companies are
these?