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From: Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: XML/HTML DOM in Ada
Date: 07 Mar 2001 15:28:50 -0500
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"Peter Hend�n" <phenden@tdab.com> writes:

> I have been thinking about implementing the DOM in Ada. The
> with'ing problem makes separating the type definitions difficult.

GNAT offers a solution: "with type foo;". This is under discussion as
an addition to Ada; give it a try, and encourage your other compiler
vendors to implement it!

"with type" is documented in the JGNAT user guide, but is implemented
in standard GNAT as well.

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-- Stephe