From: mdash@sfsup.UUCP
Subject: Re: Ada Generic Overhead Inquiry
Date: Thu, 9-Apr-87 06:44:20 EST [thread overview]
Date: Thu Apr 9 06:44:20 1987
Message-ID: <1297@sfsup.UUCP> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8704082021.AA06545@mitre.ARPA
Runtime overhead of generics is implementation-dependent. The
issue is the degree of interpretation done by the code body.
This is determined by the restrictions on instantiations set
by generic formal type parameters, and whether the implementation
chooses to instantiate via code sharing or macro-style expansion.
I believe that most current implementations do limited code sharing
for generic instantiations. Expect a low runtime TIME overhead for
generics, and a correspondingly high SPACE penalty.
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1987-04-08 20:21 Ada Generic Overhead Inquiry CPT Jacques C. Choiniere
1987-04-09 11:44 ` mdash [this message]
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1987-04-08 18:17 adaisc
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