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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Ada Annoyances
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 10:28:31 +0200
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Date: 2017-06-30T10:28:31+02:00
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On 30/06/2017 09:49, J-P. Rosen wrote:
> Le 30/06/2017 à 09:44, Dmitry A. Kazakov a écrit :
>> A true constructor is a piece of user-defined code (not a subprogram or
>> operation!) implicitly called before the first use of the object.
> So, the only problem you have with Ada constructors is that they don't
> require a special syntax? Strange!

That is not syntax. There is just no such thing in Ada:

1. For any type T I declare, I must be able to define a constructor. 
This includes T'Class.

2. For controlled types Initialize is not a constructor because it is 
not always called and because it can be called explicitly out of place.

And I must be able to provide parameters to constructors.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de