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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!gandalf.srv.welterde.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!franka.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED.rrsoftware.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Prologue and epilogue aspects Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 01:17:17 -0600 Organization: JSA Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 07:17:18 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: franka.jacob-sparre.dk; posting-host="rrsoftware.com:24.196.82.226"; logging-data="13437"; mail-complaints-to="news@jacob-sparre.dk" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.7246 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:50176 Date: 2018-01-27T01:17:17-06:00 List-Id: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" wrote in message news:p4g15r$1s60$1@gioia.aioe.org... ... > type Controlled is abstract new with private; This unfortunately doesn't fix anything. An interface never can be hidden (only in the private part), and deriving a concrete type from an interface doesn't change that. We tried to define a special kind of interface that could be used in the private part in exchange for a promise never to add such an interface to a descendant of the private type. It didn't work out very well. Randy.