"with" and "use"

"with" and "use"

[Alexandre E. Kopilovitch]

Lao Xiao Hai <laoxhai@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>I do understand
>that those who migrate to Ada from another language will sometimes find
>the syntax unnatural.
The good example of that is switching between Ada and Object Pascal (Delphi).
Both have "with" and "use" - exactly the same words, but the effect of "with"
in Ada is similar to "use" in Pascal, and vice versa.


Alexander Kopilovitch                      aek@vib.usr.pu.ru
Saint-Petersburg
Russia

Re: "with" and "use"

[Gautier Write-only-address]

> >I do understand
> >that those who migrate to Ada from another language will sometimes find
> >the syntax unnatural.

Alexandre E. Kopilovitch:

>The good example of that is switching between Ada and Object Pascal 
>(Delphi).
>Both have "with" and "use" - exactly the same words, but the effect of 
>"with"
>in Ada is similar to "use" in Pascal, and vice versa.

From Turbo Pascal 4 up to the latest Delphi 6 at least, you
have more precisely the following:

  O.P.             Ada
  ---------        -----------
  "uses"           "with" & "use" & inject Alzheimer disease to
                   Ada compiler about possible name conflicts

  "with"           no equivalent (kind of Ada "use", for records)

Just not to mislead readers...
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