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From: "Matthew Heaney" <mheaney@on2.com>
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Subject: Re: generic question
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markww wrote:
>
> I was planning on having each node use the same generic type once
> instantiated. I am still new with Ada, but thought it would work
> similarly to C++:
>
>     vector<CMyClassType> vMyVector;
>
> now this instance of the vector can only contain type CMyClassType.

That's exactly how it would work in Ada05 too:

with My_Types;  use My_Types;
with Ada.Containers.Vectors;

package My_Vector_Types is
  new Ada.Containers.Vectors (My_Class_Type);

where My_Types is an instantiation of some generic package containing
the declaration of type My_Class_Type.