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From: mheaney@ni.net (Matthew Heaney)
Subject: Re: AQ&S Guidance on pragma Elaborate_Body
Date: 1997/04/26
Date: 1997-04-26T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <mheaney-ya023680002604972026300001@news.ni.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 01bc5250$db1b6c00$28f982c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com


In article <01bc5250$db1b6c00$28f982c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com>, "Nick
Roberts" <Nick.Roberts@dial.pipex.com> wrote:

>> Knowing that tagged types are passed by reference, perhaps we could avoid
>a
>> spec dependency on the package containing a tagged type's declaration:
>> 
>> with Q.T is tagged limited private;
>> package P is
>> 
>>    type S is private;
>> 
>>    procedure Op (OS : in out S; OT : in Q.T);  -- OT is passed by
>reference
>> ...
>
>
>It's a nice idea. The problem with this idea, though (I think), is that
>there are no operations defined for Q.T for use in the body of procedure
>Op. What is Op able to do with the parameter OT? Anything?

I said "avoid a __spec__ dependency."  Of course, a with of package Q by
the body of P is required.  We're trying to make specs less sensitive to
changes in the packages is withs, to reduce the ripple-effect in a large
system (because the library units that with P would have to be
(potentially) checked, and so on).

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  parent reply	other threads:[~1997-04-26  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 81+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-04-18  0:00 AQ&S Guidance on pragma Elaborate_Body JP Thornley
1997-04-18  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-19  0:00   ` Michael Paus
1997-04-19  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-21  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-23  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-23  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24  0:00             ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-24  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25  0:00                 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-25  0:00                   ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-26  0:00                     ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-26  0:00                       ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28  0:00                         ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-29  0:00                           ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29  0:00                             ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-04-27  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28  0:00                     ` Mats Weber
1997-04-29  0:00                     ` Redefinition of "=", elaboration and learning Ada Mats Weber
1997-04-29  0:00                       ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-30  0:00                         ` Mats Weber
1997-04-26  0:00                 ` AQ&S Guidance on pragma Elaborate_Body Nick Roberts
1997-04-26  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24  0:00           ` Mats Weber
1997-04-24  0:00             ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-24  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-20  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-21  0:00     ` Michael F Brenner
1997-04-23  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24  0:00         ` Laurent Guerby
1997-04-24  0:00         ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-24  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-24  0:00           ` Jon S Anthony
1997-04-24  0:00             ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-26  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26  0:00                 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-27  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29  0:00                     ` John G. Volan
1997-04-29  0:00                       ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-30  0:00                         ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-01  0:00                         ` John G. Volan
1997-05-02  0:00                           ` Booch "forms" and child packages [was: AQ&S Guidance on pragma Elaborate_Body] John G. Volan
1997-05-02  0:00                         ` AQ&S Guidance on pragma Elaborate_Body John G. Volan
1997-04-26  0:00               ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-26  0:00                 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-26  0:00                 ` Matthew Heaney [this message]
1997-04-25  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25  0:00           ` Michael F Brenner
1997-04-26  0:00             ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-18  0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-21  0:00   ` Michael F Brenner
1997-04-22  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-20  0:00 ` Doug Smith
1997-04-20  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-21  0:00     ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-21  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-21  0:00         ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-21  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-21  0:00           ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-22  0:00             ` Mats Weber
1997-04-22  0:00             ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-22  0:00               ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-22  0:00                 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-22  0:00                   ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-23  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-23  0:00                     ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-24  0:00                       ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-24  0:00                         ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-25  0:00                       ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-24  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-23  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-21  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-22  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-24  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1997-04-30  0:00 W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-04-30  0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
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