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From: "markww" <markww@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: generic question
Date: 19 Nov 2006 12:33:04 -0800
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Oh yeah it's just an excercise, I had to do the same in C++ & java -
otherwise I'd definitely use the preexisting  stuff,

Mark

On Nov 19, 3:24 pm, "Jeffrey R. Carter"
<spam.not.jrcar...@acm.not.spam.org> wrote:
> markww wrote:
>
> > I'd like to be able to store either an integer, a float, or some other
> > user defined record type in there so that this node record becomes a
> > container. Is this possible?This is a good exercise for learning about generics and access types,
> but for real development you should probably use an existing package for
> this kind of thing.
>
> --
> Jeff Carter
> "In the frozen land of Nador they were forced to
> eat Robin's minstrels, and there was much rejoicing."
> Monty Python & the Holy Grail
> 70