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From: guerby@gnat.com (Laurent Guerby)
Subject: Re: Two ideas for the next Ada standard
Date: 1996/09/02
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Bob> [...] Private parts are primarily an efficiency hack. [...]

   I agree that this is true for Ada 83, but in Ada 95 a child unit
gains visibility (in their private part and body) to the declarations
in the private part of their parent, and this is an important semantic
feature, no longer only an efficiency hack.

-- 
Laurent Guerby <guerby@gnat.com>, Team Ada.
   "Use the Source, Luke. The Source will be with you, always (GPL)."