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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Ada Successor Language
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 21:29:46 +0200
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On 2018-06-26 20:47, Dan'l Miller wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 12:25:27 PM UTC-5, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>> On 2018-06-26 18:50, Dan'l Miller wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 10:38:50 AM UTC-5, Simon Wright wrote:
>>>> ric.wai88@gmail.com writes:
>>>>
>>>>> I hope I can opt to be out-side of this "Ada" community who seem bent
>>>>> on wasting copious time determining overly contrived ways of
>>>>> destroying Ada from the inside out.. Apparently because Ada's
>>>>> carefully enforced discipline is too inconvenient, or something.
>>>>
>>>> I agree with you. It feels as though we have a few people around who
>>>> enjoy wild flights of fancy.
>>>
>>> I agree.  Ada does not need records with external-to-record tags.
>>
>> Ada already has them, since 1983.
> 
> Wait.  Ada83 already has what you are proposing regarding 'Class for untagged records, eh?

Ada 83 has "untagged" records, yes.

> But merely 3 hours ago you said that your proposing of something that is already there would be pointless:

Exactly. I never proposed "untagged" records. I proposed a method to 
have a class-wide type rooted in a non-tagged type, not only records but 
scalar types, array types, even tasks and protected objects as well.

>>> (What the heck would we call these, btw?  Untagged tagged records?  Tagged untagged records?)
>>
>> There is no special name in RM 3.8, just "record".
> 
> Ummmm.  _LRM_'s §3.8 says nothing about your 'Class usage on untagged records.

It says about records, all records including "untagged" ones.

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