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Subject: Re: What is your opinion on Global Objects?
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On 11/17/2014 08:08 PM, Hubert wrote:
>>
> Perhaps I didn't make myself clear enough. I am talking about something like
> 
> class A
> {
>     void function1();
>     ......
> }
> 
> A s_object_a;
> 
> 
> and then other code being able to access the object like
> s_object.a.function1();

That may be necessary in C++, but not in Ada.

> I guess in Ada you could have a package with a type and a variable in the body
> but you would still need a way to access that variable somehow in other
> packages, either through a parameter or globally and that's my question. What is
> the best way to access such an object

Through the operations exported by the package. This is a very common Ada paradigm.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"So if I understand 'The Matrix Reloaded' correctly, the Matrix is
basically a Microsoft operating system--it runs for a while and
then crashes and reboots. By design, no less. Neo is just a
memory leak that's too hard to fix, so they left him in ... The
users don't complain because they're packed in slush and kept
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