Re: friend classes in ada95 (long)

["David Botton" <David@Botton.com>]

Brian Rogoff wrote in message ...
>Hmmm. I find that interface MI is very clumsy in Ada. Are you saying that
>you find it as easy in Ada as in Java? Somehow I think I must be
>misunderstanding you; please give an example of interface MI in Ada.


It certainly is not as easy, just that it can be done. I was saying that if
I had the time I would make a non-standard Ada if need be to make it easier
until some one high up there did.

With true respect, I am sure that you can create a better example then I.

>
>There was some work at grafting interface MI into C++, indeed I believe
>that GNU C++ may still support the "signature" proposal of Russo and
>Baumgartner. I thought that stuff was neat, and hope something similar
>finds its way into the next Ada.


Exactly what I would love to see happen.

>Ada already handles implementation MI well enough IMO, with generics and
>the access discriminant trick.


Agreed. I try and avoid implementation MI anyways when possible and like the
control of roll your own solutions for implementation MI.

David Botton