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From: milod@netcom.com (John DiCamillo)
Subject: Re: An observation of Ada (may offend)
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 18:05:20 GMT
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ncohen@watson.ibm.com (Norman H. Cohen) writes:
>(-:  (-:  (-: 

>At one point I suggested that a package be allowed to have an "absolutely
>private" part, hidden even from children: 

>   package P is
>      ...
>   abs private
>      ...
>   end P;

>(I took the liberty of abbreviating "absolutely" to avoid the need for a
>new reserved word.)

If you really wanted to confuse the parser, how about:

   package P is
      ...
   real private
      ...
   end P;

Too bad "real" isn't a reserved word...

>:-) :-) :-)

-- 
    ciao,
    milo
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    John DiCamillo                        Pinin' for the fjords?
    milod@netcom.com                  What kind of talk is that?