Re: The old "Object.Method" syntax debate

[Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>]

David C. Hoos wrote:
> 
> The parameter is required to identify the "class" of which Prim is an
> operation (method in classical OO-speak).  In Ada, you can have
> multiple "classes" (hopefully related) within a single package, and there
> is no class structure to encapsulate both fields and methods of the class.
> 
> When the fields and methods are encapsulated in a class structure, then
> you have an implicit controlling parameter (e.g., named "this").  In Ada
> it needs to be explicit.
> 
> In this example, X is the object whose state is changed by the operation.

Yes, but only because it is the first parameter of the procedure, right?

   "In Ada you model the problem space, not the solution space."
                                             -- Robert I. Eachus

Preben