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Subject: Re: fyi, very interesting Ada paper OOP vs. Readability
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Date: 2012-05-10T07:33:27+01:00
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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:

> I tend to lean toward the explicit side of the fence (I try to avoid use 
> clauses because of the maintenance headaches that they cause), but I do know 
> that code can be too explicit. People hate it when I write:
>
>           if Ada.Strings.Unbounded."="(My_String, 
> Ada.Strings.Unbounded.To_Unbounded_String ("open") then ...
>
> because I refuse to use use clauses in almost all instances. I surely can 
> see why they might not find the above as readable as:
>          if My_String = "open" then ...

Well, you live and learn! I thought the 'renaming To_Unbounded_String as
"+"' trick was necessary - should have trusted the designers.