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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Full view of a private partial view cannot be a subtype
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 16:39:16 +0100
Date: 2017-12-17T16:39:16+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <p16332$1rfb$1@gioia.aioe.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 83982113-349e-4443-b457-e63d749ad42a@googlegroups.com

On 2017-12-17 16:26, Jere wrote:

> my assertion is that:
> 
>     subtype Thing is Core_Pkg.Thing;
> 
>     procedure Do_Something(The_Thing : in out Thing)
>        renames Core_Pkg.Do_Something;
>         
> 
> is easier to both maintain and read than:
> 
>     type Thing is new Core_Pkg.Thing with null record;
>     
>     procedure Do_Something(The_Thing : in out Thing);

But these are two semantically different concepts. Ada's subtype 
declares an equivalent type [it inherits everything from and exports 
everything to the base]. Ada's new tagged type declares a new instance 
of a class. It only inherits.

I don't understand how can you exchange one for another.

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


  reply	other threads:[~2017-12-17 15:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-03  2:14 Full view of a private partial view cannot be a subtype Jere
2017-12-03 12:01 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2017-12-03 13:33   ` Jere
2017-12-03 14:34     ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2017-12-03 17:44       ` Robert Eachus
2017-12-03 18:50         ` Simon Wright
2017-12-03 22:10           ` Robert Eachus
2017-12-03 19:03         ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2017-12-03 22:23       ` Jere
2017-12-04  8:25         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-12-04 18:04         ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2017-12-04 20:41           ` Jere
2017-12-04 21:48             ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2017-12-05  8:20               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-12-05 18:16                 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2017-12-05 20:39                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-12-05 21:38                     ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2017-12-05 12:35               ` Jere
2017-12-05 18:40                 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2017-12-06 12:54                   ` Jere
2017-12-06 18:03                     ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2017-12-05 20:22                 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-12-05 15:27               ` Shark8
2017-12-05 18:50                 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2017-12-05 20:59                 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-12-05 22:43                   ` Shark8
2017-12-07  0:52                     ` Randy Brukardt
2017-12-05 20:16               ` Randy Brukardt
2017-12-05 21:29                 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2017-12-07  0:04                   ` Randy Brukardt
2017-12-04 20:49 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-12-05 12:56   ` Jere
2017-12-05 20:12     ` Randy Brukardt
2017-12-17 15:26       ` Jere
2017-12-17 15:39         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2017-12-18 22:47           ` Randy Brukardt
2017-12-19  1:22             ` Jere
2017-12-19 23:16               ` Randy Brukardt
2017-12-19  1:01           ` Jere
2017-12-19  9:08             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-12-19 13:08               ` Jere
2017-12-19 13:27                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2017-12-19 19:10             ` Stephen Leake
2017-12-18 20:45 ` Stephen Leake
2017-12-18 22:54   ` Randy Brukardt
2017-12-19  1:08   ` Jere
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