From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,b8b8a54001adc4d2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!nntp.TheWorld.com!not-for-mail From: Robert A Duff Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Possible Ada deficiency? Date: 10 Jan 2005 19:46:54 -0500 Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Message-ID: References: <1104516913.718856.94090@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <1105290947.422412.195950@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1105327217.641306.80180@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell01-e.theworld.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: pcls4.std.com 1105404414 3711 69.38.147.31 (11 Jan 2005 00:46:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@TheWorld.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:46:54 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7633 Date: 2005-01-10T19:46:54-05:00 List-Id: Jeffrey Carter writes: > 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?" Good point! > Obviously, there are uses for children that do not access their parents' > private stuff. Yes, I guess I have to admit I was wrong... - Bob