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From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: how do i implement double-dispatching?
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Date: 2003-12-22T17:49:41-05:00

cl1motorsports <cwlambert76@yahoo.com> writes:

> Okay. now it works when the Visitor type, Visit() procedures and the
> Accept_Visitor() procedure is in a separate package from the parse tree.
> but when i try to combine the 2 into one package i get
> an error about multiple dispatching on all of the Visit() procedures.
> what is my scope issue with being in the same package that doesn't apply
> to them being in 2 packages?

In general, you will find that the Ada rules encourage putting things
in different packages. This is a Good Thing :).

Sometimes child packages work better.

-- 
-- Stephe