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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,c39ad3e35a7690a9 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Received: by 10.68.73.229 with SMTP id o5mr9816795pbv.7.1329141668589; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:01:08 -0800 (PST) Path: wr5ni20226pbc.0!nntp.google.com!news2.google.com!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Convention for naming of packages Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:01:07 +0100 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <4f355230$0$21451$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> <1sx3fy79wys5s.1723nejowbg76.dlg@40tude.net> <15fgcngmgl41e$.113i7gtuwpwpv$.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: TqfFTdzi95I8zBbbKWTz3Q.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.61 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Date: 2012-02-13T15:01:07+01:00 List-Id: Le Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:07:51 +0100, Dmitry A. Kazakov = a =C3=A9crit: >> Before I forget this question: in a similar manner, I am seeking for = a >> generic name for procedure or function, when the main purpose of a = >> package >> is a procedure or function. I though Apply and Eval or Get of Value = >> could >> be option (Value being my current favorite for pure functions), but I= 'm >> not clearly fine with any one of these. > > These are the result of Ada lacking means to declare user-defined > dereference/delegation operations. I know no good schema for naming = > these. It may don't hurt to give examples if you tried some. > Ada 2012 might show itself better in that respect eliminating need in > explicit naming of some of such operations. I don't see. What do you mean, concretely? -- = =E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1] =E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.= =E2=80=9D [1] [1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers= ity