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!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!newsfeed.xs3.de!reality.xs3.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!franka.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why can't Ada use dot notation on private types? Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 17:26:38 -0600 Organization: JSA Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: rrsoftware.com X-Trace: franka.jacob-sparre.dk 1486596399 26691 24.196.82.226 (8 Feb 2017 23:26:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 23:26:39 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:33274 Date: 2017-02-08T17:26:38-06:00 List-Id: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" wrote in message news:o7am71$13o1$1@gioia.aioe.org... > On 2017-02-06 20:44, Randy Brukardt wrote: > >> The problems mainly come from the possibility of implicit .all and >> 'Access. > > Perfect, why is this a problem? It is just what is needed. I want to > override "all", so let me do this. When elementary types are included in prefix notation, there are potentially an infinite number of implicit .all or 'Access combinations. A compiler would have trouble figuring them out (aand it could get *very* expensive), and a reader would be even more confused. Randy.