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Subject: Re: Possible Ada deficiency?
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> * as C++ example shows, people get lost in that complex
> public/protected/private issue. Decision protected vs. private in 50%
falls
> wrong. One could toss a coin instead. What is worse that people get
> frustrated and start to make everything public.

I can definitely see this point. If one did have this option in Ada, I
can imagine that a decision to make some feature of a parent package
invisible to children might be regretted by the developer months down
the road. In my mind, it's always nice to have more options to work
with, but I also see that keeping it simple(r) can be the best option,
sometimes.