Re: some trivial questions?

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

Robert A Duff <bobduff@TheWorld.com> writes:

> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
>
>> On 02/11/2017 14:21, Simon Wright wrote:
>>> AdaCore used to use the rename-package-as-abbreviation pattern a lot,
>
> Used to?  That style is used in the run-time system,
> but not so much in the compiler.

Yes, there seem to be only 6 instances in the compiler (all of children
of GNAT.Spitbol).

And one at least looks silly -- ceinfo.adb,

   package TV renames GNAT.Spitbol.Table_VString;
   use TV;

Instead, the compiler goes over the top (IMO) with 'use' - par.adb,

   with Aspects;  use Aspects;
   with Atree;    use Atree;
   with Casing;   use Casing;
   with Debug;    use Debug;
   with Elists;   use Elists;
   with Errout;   use Errout;
   with Fname;    use Fname;
   with Lib;      use Lib;
   with Namet;    use Namet;
   with Namet.Sp; use Namet.Sp;
   with Nlists;   use Nlists;
   with Nmake;    use Nmake;
   with Opt;      use Opt;
   with Output;   use Output;
   with Par_SCO;  use Par_SCO;
   with Restrict; use Restrict;
   with Scans;    use Scans;
   with Scn;      use Scn;
   with Sem_Util; use Sem_Util;
   with Sinput;   use Sinput;
   with Sinput.L; use Sinput.L;
   with Sinfo;    use Sinfo;
   with Snames;   use Snames;
   with Style;
   with Stylesw;  use Stylesw;
   with Table;
   with Tbuild;   use Tbuild;