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-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,99f33f51845a7793 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-11 13:27:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!pogner.demon.co.uk!zap!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: 'withing' problem Date: 10 Nov 2001 18:03:10 +0000 Organization: Pushface Message-ID: References: <3be907bc$0$233$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net> <3bea6d92$0$234$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1005513998 nnrp-12:27444 NO-IDENT pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Nov 2001 18:03:10 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16296 Date: 2001-11-10T18:03:10+00:00 List-Id: "David Crocker" writes: > The language we are starting from defines 'string' to be a pseudonym > for 'seq of char'. 'seq' is a template (i.e. generic) and final > (i.e. non-extendable) class. It does seem that you are making life very difficult for yourself! Must you retain this feature, it seems very problem-ridden for Ada. Of course if it appears everywhere, not just with strings, that wouldn't help. I thought you were working in a model-based environment? Is this "language we are starting from" an integral part of that environment, or somewhat intermediate? If the latter, perhaps it could bend a bit?