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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: Real syntax problems in Ada
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:35:54 -0400
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"J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr> writes:

> Le 28/08/2012 12:47, Niklas Holsti a �crit :
>>> 3. "task type" and "protected type" instead of "type T is task ...";
>> Neutral. I don't much mind the asymmetry, although I don't see any good
>> reason for it.
>> 
> The reason is to have singleton tasks and task types look the same:
> task Single is....
> task type Many is...

I don't get it.

type Many is array (Index) of Component;
Single: array (Index) of Component;

Jean Ichbiah didn't value consistency nearly as highly as I do.
Why, for example, can some kinds of types be anonymous,
while others can't?

- Bob