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From: Stephen Leake <Stephen.A.Leake@nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: new_line in a put_line
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Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org> writes:

> Stephen Leake wrote:
> > Assuming Lock is a controlled type, that releases the lock in
> > Finalize, this [using a semaphore] is an excellent design.
> 
> I would disagree. Using a high-level feature such as a protected type
> to implement a low-level construct such as a semaphore is abstraction
> inversion. 

I said nothing about a "protected" type; I was talking about a
"controlled" type.

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-- Stephe