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: 103376,84bf0ec36cf20893 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-17 11:02:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!oleane.net!oleane!wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail From: Pascal Obry Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Would an *AdaScript* language be a good / bad idea? Date: 17 May 2002 20:02:23 +0200 Organization: Home - http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry Message-ID: References: <5ee5b646.0205140618.2d789fc9@posting.google.com> <5ee5b646.0205151846.4b14a73f@posting.google.com> <3CE3D8B4.C272C737@san.rr.com> <3CE3EA03.394B3EA@despammed.com> <3CE3FFE7.775E5103@san.rr.com> <3CE514CD.DC9C679@despammed.com> <3CE52E77.FC3FC588@san.rr.com> <3CE5417F.F1524695@san.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: avelizy-103-1-3-10.abo.wanadoo.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: wanadoo.fr 1021658546 9099 217.128.47.10 (17 May 2002 18:02:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 May 2002 18:02:26 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24301 Date: 2002-05-17T18:02:26+00:00 List-Id: Darren New writes: > Pascal Obry wrote: > > I'm not sure this is true. To use this object the type must be known at > > _compile_ time. Darren said "a new type at run-time", and to this question > > I would answer no. The distributed annexe does not help here. > > Well, think of how Java does it. Your partition could define a tagged type > called Transaction, and you could load up different partitions with derived > types called AddTransaction, RemoveTransaction, etc as you develop them. In Java of course, since precisely, it is possible to load dynamically new classes. > I don't have to change anything to add a transaction. Just put the file in > the code directory. :-) *That* is the sort of thing people do with scripting > languages. I have no problem with scripting languages, this was not my point :) > But you could do a similar thing with the distributed annex. Recompile the ^^^^^^^^ Ok "recompile", but this is not at runtime :) So I think we are on the same wavelength. Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595