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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Anonymous Access and Accessibility Levels
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:27:52 -0500
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"Jere" <jhb.chat@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:ce96c027-79d6-4185-96ce-95823f637d8f@googlegroups.com...
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>I'm definitely aware of the HoD and its reputation.  I am a bit
>discourage that there is not any resource (person or written)
>available to help newcomers (or heck even somewhat experienced
>Ada programmers) with issues like these.

It takes quite of bit of mental effort for even an ARG member like Tucker or 
myself to want to even open 3.10.2. We even have a standing joke about 
sending in a search party if someone doesn't come back from the trip.

The main problem is that even an experienced hand can get confused by all of 
the rules and special cases, and one minor mistake can snowball into a 
completely wrong conclusion. It's simply not for the faint of heart.

I suspect that accessibility implemented by compilers is essentially 
whatever the ACATS tests require. I know that I've never spent time on it in 
Janus/Ada beyond that -- it simply isn't worth self-inflicted pain. Thus, my 
advice is that accessibility works like one would expect in basic cases, and 
do not go beyond basic cases unless you like pain.

                                     Randy.