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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b6e97963d32ee242 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-22 17:35:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com.MISMATCH!newsfeed!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!199.45.49.37!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Hyman Rosen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030419 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The old "Object.Method" syntax debate References: <254c16a.0305210726.485125de@posting.google.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 00:35:38 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 162.84.146.112 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny01.gnilink.net 1053650138 162.84.146.112 (Thu, 22 May 2003 20:35:38 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 20:35:38 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37663 Date: 2003-05-23T00:35:38+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote: > And it reduces readability IMHO. with My_Windows_Package.A_Window_Method > you know where to find the procedure. It's implicit in the nature of dispatching calls that you *don't* know where to find the procedure, even with the current syntax. So this is not a valid objection to the new notation.