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From: amado.alves@netcabo.pt (Mário Amado Alves)
Subject: Re: Bases 1.52
Date: 10 Sep 2003 00:49:11 -0700
Date: 2003-09-10T07:49:11+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <17eddf9f.0309092349.2ff22de2@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4060780.x1l89WMggb@linux1.krischik.com

Martin Krischik wrote:
> Bases 1.52
> 
> 51   This parameter shall have the signature
>        type Element (<>) is private;
> 
> Why restrict to just one signature?
> 
> I have made very good experiences with containers based on:
> 
>    type Item (<>) is abstract tagged private;
> 
> This frees my applications from using heap memory when I need to store
> Item'Class instances....

I'm not sure about the memory management implications, but doesn't the
first signature include the second, in the sense that it accepts
tagged actuals?

Restricting to just one signature is simply to keep the library small.



  reply	other threads:[~2003-09-10  7:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-09-02 18:59 Bases for the Design of a Standard Container Library for Ada Mário Amado Alves
2003-09-03 20:30 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-09-03 21:07   ` David C. Hoos
2003-09-04  2:19 ` Randy Brukardt
2003-09-04 11:56   ` Mário Amado Alves
2003-09-05  3:55     ` Randy Brukardt
2003-09-05  5:17       ` Matthew Heaney
2003-09-05 11:45         ` Amado Alves
2003-09-05 19:40           ` Randy Brukardt
2003-09-05 15:10         ` Martin Krischik
2003-09-07 18:03           ` Matthew Heaney
2003-09-08 12:54             ` Mário Amado Alves
2003-09-08 17:02 ` Bases 1.57 Martin Krischik
2003-09-08 17:07 ` Bases 1.58 Martin Krischik
2003-09-09 16:37 ` Bases 1.52 Martin Krischik
2003-09-10  7:49   ` Mário Amado Alves [this message]
2003-09-11 15:03     ` Martin Krischik
2003-09-12 10:58       ` Mário Amado Alves
2003-09-12 13:05         ` Martin Dowie
2003-09-12 17:49           ` maximum number of lines per spec (was: Bases 1.52) Mário Amado Alves
2003-09-13 12:18             ` Marin David Condic
2003-09-12 15:36         ` Bases 1.52 Martin Krischik
2003-09-14  6:51       ` Matthew Heaney
2003-09-14 14:32         ` Martin Krischik
2003-09-14 18:22         ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-09-14 22:56           ` Nick Roberts
2003-09-15  0:17             ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-09-14  6:45   ` Matthew Heaney
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