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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,e219d94b946dfc26 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns14feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s22.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada.Command_Line and wildcards References: <45dcaed8_6@news.bluewin.ch> <1172132169.423514.271890@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com> <87hctei5pf.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.201.97.213 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mchsi.com X-Trace: attbi_s22 1172205844 12.201.97.213 (Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:44:04 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:44:04 GMT Organization: AT&T ASP.att.net Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:44:04 GMT Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:9439 Date: 2007-02-23T04:44:04+00:00 List-Id: Randy Brukardt wrote: > > This is exactly the same reason that anonymous access types are not a usable > replacement 'in out' parameters in functions. Using them requires the client > to do various handstands (use 'Access, declare the object as aliased) for no > benefit at all to the client. That is silly; it breaks encapsulation. In other words, they're just like C! -- Jeff Carter "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries." Monty Python & the Holy Grail 06