Re: containers and garbage collections.

[Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>]

Matthew Heaney wrote:

> Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
 
> From the point of view of a user of the queue, the queue contains
> elements, of indefinite type Element_Type.  Clearly, inside the queue,
> access types are used, but that is an implementation detail hidden from
> client.

Yes, and this is what I am advocating. And more.

>> I also have created containers for "type Element (<>) is abstract tagged
>> private;" and I belive "type Element is array (Index range <>) of Item;"
>>is
>> possible as well (Enabling collection of Strings). Both can't be done
>>with
>> C++ templates - so we should not take the all mighty STL as an example.

> Both of these containers are possible using the single declaration:
> 
> generic
>    type Element_Type (<>) is private;
> package GP is ...;
> 
> You can instantiate GP using either of the types in your example.  It's
> not clear why you made two separate containers, one for tagged types
> vs. another for array types, as a single container seems adequate.

Will it work with any combination of tagged types incl. controled types any
derived types of Element_Type? If so I stay corrected and will rething my
design.

With Rwegards

Martin

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