Re: begin clause in package bodies

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

"Simon Wright" <simon@pushface.org> wrote in message 
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> Mehdi Saada <00120260a@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I read using package with internal states or global variable was bad,
>> regards to hiding implementation details, further development and
>> concurrent programming.
>
> This seems to be very wrong advice. Do you have a reference?

Isn't it just confused rather than wrong? A package with an internal state 
can't safely be used concurrently unless that state is synchronized somehow, 
which is expensive. OTOH, most packages don't need to be used concurrently, 
and in that case, hiding internal states is way better than leaving the 
state open for anyone to mess with. (One problem is telling these two sorts 
of packages apart, something that hopefully Ada 2020 will help with using 
its Global aspect.)

                              Randy.