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On 03/12/2016 03:23 AM, Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> 
> Also, some online material appears to have "holes": IINM,
> the wikibook lacks a section specifically addressing visibility.

That's a serious omission. Visibility may be the most important concept in the
language. /Ada Distilled/ has an entire section devoted to scope and visibility,
marked "Important", and with the observation, "Understanding visibility is the
key to understanding Ada."

-- 
Jeff Carter
"English bed-wetting types."
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