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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,131f06967722ab4b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit From: Brian May Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 2005? References: <1103344064.372396.51420@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:42:13 +1100 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DLcJfXe4eYKPP2xyt0p4BFfH+44= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: snoopy.microcomaustralia.com.au X-Trace: news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com 1103665306 202.173.153.89 (22 Dec 2004 07:41:46 +1000) X-Complaints-To: abuse@pipenetworks.com X-Abuse-Info: Please forward all headers to enable your complaint to be properly processed. Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-north.connect.com.au!news.alphalink.com.au!news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7132 Date: 2004-12-22T08:42:13+11:00 List-Id: >>>>> "jayessay" == jayessay writes: jayessay> I haven't read this either. That said, I hope it does jayessay> not in any way change the basic Ada precept of keeping jayessay> separate namespace/module construction and jayessay> class/type/method definition. The "distinguished jayessay> parameter" notion of other "typical class based OO jayessay> object models" and the typical conflation of classes and jayessay> namespaces that goes with it is actually a bad idea and jayessay> broken concept. I am curious: In what way do you consider the "distinguished parameter" and the "conflation of classes and namespaces" as broken concepts? -- Brian May