Re: packet type ?

[Tucker Taft <stt@averstar.com>]

Andy S wrote:
> 
> 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 !

Try removing the "..." and the "begin" from the above.

> __________________________________________
> 
>    Andy Starritt
> ___________________________________________

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