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From: danmcleran@hotmail.com
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Subject: Re: Possible Ada deficiency?
Date: 11 Jan 2005 12:30:06 -0800
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>If the software depends on things staying concealed, why not just
>write a short comment explaining this and possible consequences of
>misuse?

For the same reason that all these higher-level languages have any of
the visibility constructs, so that the compiler can enforce desired
information hiding.

IMO, a construct that allows the compiler to ensure information hiding
is the best way to solve these problems.