(r5) ProtectedTypesAliases < P1076

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---+ Aliases to a Protected Type

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---++ Proposal Information
   * State of this Proposal: Raw / Stream of Conscious
   * Current Owner: JimLewis, ...
   * Contributors: JimLewis, ...
   * Date Proposed: 2014-Nov-12
   * Date Last Updated:
   * Priority:
   * Complexity:
   * Focus: Testbench
   * Related Issues: None
   * Competing Issues: None
---++ Requirement Summary

Aliases to protected type methods and to protected types themselves allows for name updates to a protected type data structure without having
---++ Alias to Methods -

%GREEN%[Author Comment: Subsumed by [[ProtectedTypeComposition]] ]%ENDCOLOR%

Motivation: allow methods to have alternate names. During the long term support of data types implemented within a protected type, names change to bring consistency among different data structures. Aliases to methods offers a simple, light weight way to maintain backward compatibility with older naming structures
<pre>type ScoreBoardPType is protected<br />    procedure Push (Item   : in  ExpectedType) ;<br />. . .<br />    -- Depreciated, but kept for backward compatibility<br />    alias PutExpectedData is Push[ExpectedType] ; <br />end protected ScoreBoardPType ;</pre>

---++ Alias to a Protected Type

%GREEN%[Author Comment: No change required.   This feature already supported.]%ENDCOLOR%

Motivation: allow methods to have alternate names. During the long term support of data types implemented within a protected type, names change to bring consistency among different data structures.

<pre>type CovagePType is protected<br />    . .  .<br />end protected CovagePType ;<br /><br />-- Depreciated, but kept for backward compatibility<br />alias CovPType is CoveragePType ;</pre>
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---++ General Comments

Important for maintaining open source data structures. Permits minor revisions and name changes in interfaces and simplifies changes made to improve consistency between different packages.
---++ Supporters

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_-- Main.JimLewis - 2014-12-03_

-- [[Main.BrentHahoe][Brent Hayhoe]] - 2014-12-22

-- Main.MortenZilmer - 2015-01-21
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