From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Alejandro R. Mosteo" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: 'Class'Class'Class'Class ad libitum Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 12:43:36 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 10:43:32 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="bc686c1890d5fda24d69bb608fea27b4"; logging-data="9488"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX196LsFtCPmznhH28NE68Vsa" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 X-Mozilla-News-Host: news://news.eternal-september.org:119 Cancel-Lock: sha1:fPGGLMaUYybA4s1UXGNbZPLfd6A= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:31768 Date: 2016-09-13T12:43:36+02:00 List-Id: I get why this is legal: type X is tagged null record; subtype Y is X'Class; subtype Z is X'Class'Class'Class'Class; But can you think of any legitimate reason to use it besides obfuscation? Álex