From: Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: "Must instantiate controlled types at library level." Why?
Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 16:17:27 +0200
Date: 2004-05-19T16:17:27+02:00 [thread overview]
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On Wed, 19 May 2004 09:44:24 -0400, Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com>
wrote:
>Georg Bauhaus wrote:
>> Then what will help an Abstract Datatype? How?
>
>It's Kazakov's post, so you should know the answer by now :-)
>
>He wants ADTs to be implemented using an inherited interface
>but to keep the virtual table pointer (or other implementation)
>separate from the objects by implementing fat pointers which
>combine the address of the object and the address of the vtable.
>
>In this way, he hopes that the code generative power of knowing the
>explicit types involved in an operation can combine cleanly with the
>expressive power of OO polymorphism. He is both encouraged and
>discouraged by the distinction Ada makes between classwide types and
>regular types because this comes tantalizingly close to implementing
>his vision, unlike in C++ where this is intertwined with parameter
>passing semantics of by-reference or by-value.
Nicely put, Hyman. Thanks.
--
Regards,
Dmitry Kazakov
www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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2004-05-11 23:04 "Must instantiate controlled types at library level." Why? Peter C. Chapin
2004-05-12 1:03 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-05-12 10:47 ` Peter C. Chapin
2004-05-12 11:25 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-05-12 14:41 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-13 2:20 ` Peter C. Chapin
2004-05-12 11:55 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-13 2:59 ` Peter C. Chapin
2004-05-13 7:10 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-13 10:36 ` Peter C. Chapin
2004-05-13 11:18 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-13 22:27 ` Peter C. Chapin
2004-05-13 22:54 ` Freejack
2004-05-14 7:13 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-14 13:50 ` Xenos
2004-05-14 17:27 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-05-14 17:58 ` Xenos
2004-05-14 18:49 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-14 19:40 ` Xenos
2004-05-14 22:47 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-05-15 8:34 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-16 2:55 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-05-16 13:48 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-05-17 2:30 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-05-17 5:39 ` Martin Dowie
2004-05-17 7:48 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-05-17 15:01 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-05-17 16:31 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-05-17 17:40 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-05-17 19:17 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-05-17 6:24 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-17 19:48 ` James Kanze
2004-05-18 6:27 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-17 12:33 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-17 13:46 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-17 15:03 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-17 16:02 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-05-18 7:48 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-19 1:20 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-05-19 9:59 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-19 12:38 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-05-19 13:28 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-19 13:09 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-05-19 13:44 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-05-19 14:17 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2004-05-19 14:15 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-21 11:39 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-05-21 20:33 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
[not found] ` <c8mkor$rlq$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
2004-05-23 1:28 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-05-23 8:55 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-24 11:38 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-05-24 13:57 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-24 14:40 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-05-25 8:32 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-25 15:47 ` Georg Bauhaus
[not found] ` <URJ8Eg0vzF@VB1162.spb.edu>
2004-05-17 16:50 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-05-18 8:27 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-15 17:20 ` Pascal Obry
2004-05-13 19:33 ` Randy Brukardt
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