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Vinzent Hoefler wrote:
> Yes, but who is the ancestor? You always have to look for that.

That's fine. I'm given to understand that Ada is meant to be
for the convenience of the reader, not the writer. It may be
more work for you to look up the ancestor, but then the reader
of the code will know exactly where to look for the code.