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From: tom <tmb at ncal point verio point com x@x.x>
Subject: Re: Aspects (Re: Interesting thread in comp.lang.eiffel)
Date: 2000/07/12
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"Veli-Pekka Nousiainen" <vp.nousiainen@kolumbus.fi> writes:
> > First, aspects let you implement Eiffel-style contracts and separate them
> > out into a separate file.  This makes it possible for, say, a system
> 
> Use ISE Eiffel short-form for this. Give it a try !
> http://www.eiffel.com/webforms/eiffel_download_ini.html

That may be nice for reading, but it doesn't separate concerns when
writing the code.  Aspects essentially give you the "short form"
for both reading and writing of contracts.

Whether that is ultimately better or not remains to be seen.  But it
at least seems attractive a-priori, in particular on larger projects
where responsibilities are distributed among many people.  Time will
tell.

Tom.