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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Performance of element access in Vector
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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:19:48 -0800 (PST), Maciej Sobczak wrote:

> On 21 Sty, 09:59, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mail...@dmitry-kazakov.de>
> wrote:
> 
>>> Only that it provide uniform ways to traverse
>>> through all containers?
>>
>> Arrays do it already.
> 
> You mean that arrays have the Iterate method?

The language Ada has iteration methods, for example for-loop.

> Or cursor-like interface
> with No_Element sentinel? I'm afraid they don't.

They have array interface, which is much better than cursors and even so
No_Element-stuff.

>> Ordered containers must have array interface.
> 
> You mean that containers overload the () indexing? I'm afraid they
> don't.

That containers implement element access using an index from 1D space, if
we are talking about iterations.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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