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From: Hyman Rosen <hymie@prolifics.com>
Subject: Re: Subverting 'Access for Sub-programs
Date: 1999/08/06
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"Jean-Pierre Rosen" <rosen.adalog@wanadoo.fr> writes:
> Ray Blaak <blaak@infomatch.com> a ��crit dans le message :
> m3iu6tjw2d.fsf@vault83.infomatch.bc.ca...
> I find it a bit unfair to blame Ada for these restrictions. C++, Eiffel,
> Java have no embedded subprograms.

C++ does allow you to declare a derived class inside a function,
including new member functions. This only affects visibility, but
sometimes that's what you want.