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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d60e0492375aa57a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-14 12:43:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-05!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Visibility of private packages?? Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 14:42:11 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: <3d47a99e.4548109@news.demon.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3719.2500 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28032 Date: 2002-08-14T14:42:11-05:00 List-Id: Dale Stanbrough wrote in message ... >Randy Brukardt wrote: > >> Yes, AI-262, "private with". Already approved by the ARG. The example >> would be written in Ada 0Y as: > ... > >Excellent! Time to drag out some old programs. > >Does anyone know if any compiler vendors have implemented this >yet? (and more significantly for me, has Gnat implemented it?). >I tried it out on the Mac port (which calls itself GNAT 5.00w) >but it objected. So far as I'm aware, no vendors have implemented this yet. The ARG just approved it at the last meeting, so I'm not surprised about that. The only "new" thing that I know has been implemented by any compiler (as opposed to things that are present in many compilers already, like Unchecked_Union) is type stubs. But I don't know if those implementations will be made available to customers any time soon. Randy.