Re: Possible Ada deficiency?

[Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com>]

Robert A Duff wrote:

> By the way, there's one question you haven't answered.  You desire to
> prevent children from accessing parent-private stuff.  OK, that's a
> legitimate concern.  But if you have a package X.Y that does not want to
> access private-X stuff, then why do you want it to be a child in the
> first place?

Another way to phrase this question is, "Why does package Ada have 
children, since it has no private part?"

Obviously, there are uses for children that do not access their parents' 
private stuff.

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