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-Thread: a07f3367d7,39579ad87542da0e X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Received: by 10.66.221.42 with SMTP id qb10mr4877692pac.37.1368583930518; Tue, 14 May 2013 19:12:10 -0700 (PDT) Path: bp1ni2318pbd.1!nntp.google.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!nrc-news.nrc.ca!News.Dal.Ca!news.litech.org!news.stack.nl!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Seeking for papers about tagged types vs access to subprograms Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 08:37:11 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <1bfhq7jo34xpi.p8n2vq6yjsea.dlg@40tude.net> <12gn9wvv1gwfk.10ikfju4rzmnj.dlg@40tude.net> <1oy5rmprgawqs.1jz36okze0xju$.dlg@40tude.net> <1q2ql1e4rcgko.diszzq1mhaq8$.dlg@40tude.net> <1msoad3apbkf.1optea1ujjydv.dlg@40tude.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="720834a9e3ef3094259fa78805e56e66"; logging-data="18679"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18eemAX/WBDCAj6pP3epz1RxCCgwyHSO3Q=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:x2rDjx1kXsgJtc2QpvitDJG9vQ4= sha1:Ee87HalAE231rOmlK8aJbLVWZ8A= X-Received-Bytes: 2158 Content-Type: text/plain Date: 2013-05-12T08:37:11+01:00 List-Id: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" writes: > To put it simply: if a type is designed in a way that limits it use, > it is a poor design. I think that depends on who is paying for all the extra work you would be putting in.