From: "Theodore E. Dennison" <dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com>
Subject: Re: parameterless generics?
Date: 1996/07/12
Date: 1996-07-12T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <31E64803.41C67EA6@escmail.orl.mmc.com> (raw)
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Brian Gilbert wrote:
>
> Does anybody have a reason to use a generic (package or
> subprogram) without a parameter? The language (Ada 83 at least)
> seems to allow it, but everytime the generic is instantiated it
> would produce an identical copy. Comments?
Well, you could do interesting things with a task declared in such
a generic...
It would also be good implementing "objects" using generic packages.
eg:
A program with several different random number generators, all using
their own seeds.
There are possibilities.
--
T.E.D.
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-07-12 0:00 parameterless generics? Brian Gilbert
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Ray Blaak
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
1996-07-12 0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison [this message]
1996-07-12 0:00 ` Philip Brashear
1996-07-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-22 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1996-07-14 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Chris Papademetrious
1996-07-17 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1996-07-18 0:00 ` Martin Lorentzon
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