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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: on package naming, should the word "_pkg" be part of it?
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Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com> writes:

> Even this is incorrect. Current_Vehicle is not a car, it is a collection
> of information about a car:
> 
> Current_Vehicle : Car_Info;

This is to make sure that the person reading the code doesn't mistakenly
assume that the computer's memory chips actually contain cars?  ;-)

Here's one of the few types I can think of whose objects don't contain
information:

    type Color is (Red);

(so of course Color'Size should be 0).

- Bob