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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Ada95 tutorials with sample code.
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Ted Dennison<dennison@telepath.com> writes:

> The common example used is Ada.Strings.Unbounded.To_Unbounded_String. Even I
> have to admit this looks stupid. However, I'd claim that the stupidity is
> entirely a result of stupid naming on the designers part. They quite easily
> could have named the routine Ada.Strings.Unbounded.To, ...

Is this supposed to be an example of a name that works well both with
and without use clauses?  Yikes.

>...rather than repeating the
> names of two parent packages in the subprogram's identifier.

I think it's repeating the name of a *type*, not packages.

- Bob