Re: I'm facing an issue with: call to abstract procedure must be dispatching

[Jere <jere.groups@gmail.com>]

On Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 8:48:02 AM UTC-5, G.B. wrote:
> On 09.12.15 14:40, Jere wrote:
> > A class with only static members and static methods.
> 
> A file will do, in both C++ and in C.
> Ada does not have file scope, but does
> have packages, so the names are full names.

In C that's really all one can do.  In C++ one prefers not to do it using file scope as that just pollutes the global namespace.  The preference is always to use either a namespace or class to wrap members and data.  Also, one cannot get protected (c++ meaning) static methods or members using just file scope.  While that is somewhat limited in use, it does have its benefits in some designs.  The big reason is not to put all of one's stuff into the global namespace.  Then it ends up forcing one to leave behind some meaningful names in order to not clash with another item of the same signature.

Regardless, the Ada package way is much cleaner and nicer.