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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7eaf9f2597de2259 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-11 09:29:55 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!213.56.195.71!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "M. A. Alves" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: on package naming, should the word "_pkg" be part of it? Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 18:37:59 +0000 (GMT) Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1002817794 91983 137.194.161.2 (11 Oct 2001 16:29:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 16:29:54 +0000 (UTC) To: Return-Path: X-X-Sender: In-Reply-To: <9q4e59018lm@drn.newsguy.com> Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14293 Date: 2001-10-11T18:37:59+00:00 The Object.Method syntax can be implemented with preprocessing (please correct me if I am wrong on this). The "class construct" depends on the definition of class. If class = package (*) then it is trivial (preprocessing also suffices). But I suspect the classists have another idea (of what a class is), requiring semantic access. However the term "class" in Ada is already occupied (as you know it denotes a derivation class i.e. all types derived from some root), so it would be a bit akward to have another "class" semantically. (*) This rough equivalence used to be taught in a softw. eng. course at FCTUNL. -- , M A R I O data miner, LIACC, room 221 tel 351+226078830, ext 121 A M A D O Rua Campo Alegre, 823 fax 351+226003654 A L V E S P-4150 PORTO, Portugal mob 351+939354002