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: about inheritance of subtypes and entities (such as constants) related to a type in the same package Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 14:59:03 -0500 Organization: JSA Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 19:59:15 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: franka.jacob-sparre.dk; posting-host="rrsoftware.com:24.196.82.226"; logging-data="2293"; 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:52792 Date: 2018-05-30T14:59:03-05:00 List-Id: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" wrote in message news:pemv0i$1clu$1@gioia.aioe.org... ... > I don't see any commonality. One method produces an independent type > another does a related types. If you mean specifically inheritance of > operations and the representation, that plays no role because of the > difference in the types. The OP was asking specifically why subtypes and objects aren't inherited, so it surely plays a role in answering him. The difference in the definition of the types is irrelevant in how inheritance of other things is defined. One can argue that was wrong, but it is a fact. Randy.