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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Ada 2005?
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:11:22 +0100
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On 20 Dec 2004 18:44:14 -0500, jayessay wrote:

> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
> 
>> Copy is a friend, but they are not methods. C++ does not support multiple
>> dispatch.
> 
> Yes, but to be clear, neither does Ada.

Surprisingly, but it does:

procedure Foo (X, Y : Some_Tagged_Type); -- This is legal

Though it is very limited and cannot be counted as true multiple dispatch.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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