Re: Limited_Controlled, orthogonality and related issues

[Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>]

"Adam Beneschan" <adam@irvine.com> writes:

> On reflection, maybe there *is* a way to fix this: Change the first
> sentence of 3.9.2(1) to read, "The primitive subprograms of a tagged
> type are called dispatching operations, except that a primitive
> subprogram of two or more tagged types is not a dispatching operation
> if it is declared in the visible part of a package, and every type of
> which the subprogram is a primitive operation is an untagged type or a
> tagged type whose partial view is untagged".  Or something along those
> lines.  The idea is that a change like this would have no effect on
> programs that are currently legal, so it seems like it should be safe.
> And it would make programs like Maciej's original attempt legal, as
> they (IMHO) should be.

Might work, I'm not sure.  Is this really a big problem that needs
fixing?

- Bob