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Brian Rogoff wrote:
> Ada 95 also allows you to create a stack signature
> 
> generic
>     type Item_Type is private;
>     type Stack_Type is private;
>     with procedure Push(Stack : in out Stack_Type; Item : in Item_Type);
>     with procedure Pop(Stack : in out Stack_Type; Item : out Item_Type);
>     ...
> package Stack_Sig is begin end;
> 
> and write code which only depends on an instantiation having that profile,
> so that your stack code and many others can supply the stack ADT for the
> code. This is a very nice feature of Ada 95 which is not described in many
> Ada books; Barnes and Ben-Ari are exceptional here.
> 
Are you sure? My GNAT compiler barffed at this one !

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   Andy Starritt
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