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From: lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke)
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Subject: Re: on package naming, should the word
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* Robert*@ wrote:
>In article <3BC9F6CC.E41BE18A@nbi.dk>, Jacob says...
>>The object prefix notation has a very serious limitation,
>>which would actually break quite a few of my programs. Using
>>the object prefix notation, it is not possible to dispatch
>>on the function result type.
>
>A simple example of what you mean? 

  type Error is tagged abstract private;
  procedure Alarm (e : Error) is abstract;
  function Current_Error returns Error'Class;
...
  Alarm (Current_Error);