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 Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!209.197.12.246.MISMATCH!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!198.186.194.249.MISMATCH!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!panix!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!nntp.TheWorld.com!not-for-mail From: Robert A Duff Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Package's private parts and protected types Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:56:42 -0500 Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Message-ID: References: <7ff3810f-3ee3-4f39-a54c-933ad7d0655c@36g2000yqu.googlegroups.com> <1v2la97s2yyvd.1rcy0ana8mver.dlg@40tude.net> <3bb38996-47f7-4f30-8255-f011501404b5@b10g2000yqa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell01.theworld.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: pcls6.std.com 1265640989 24747 192.74.137.71 (8 Feb 2010 14:56:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@TheWorld.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:56:29 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.3 (irix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:LBYNhmVQyH3j56QcZ3J5sYCzFyw= Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8980 Date: 2010-02-08T09:56:42-05:00 List-Id: "Hibou57 (Yannick Duch�ne)" writes: > So, with absolute majority, the Gang Of Three voted there is a flaw > here Make that four. ;-) Private parts are a kludge in the first place, and the way they work with public protected types is even worse, as you pointed out. However, I think you can get the hiding you want by using a protected or synchronized interface. - Bob