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From: John English <je@bton.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: if statements
Date: 2000/11/07
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Ken Garlington wrote:
> Personally, I would have gone with something more along the lines of
> 
> generic
>    type Value is private;
>    with function ">"(A, B : Value) return Boolean is <>;
> procedure Homework_Assignment(A, B : in out Value);
> 
> -- Exchange is defined in the Ada Reference Manual
> with Exchange;
> procedure Homework_Assignment(A, B : in out Value) is
>    procedure Swap is new Exchange(Value);
> begin
>    if A > B then
>       Swap(A,B);
>    end if;
> end Homework_Assignment;
> 
> Can't you imagine how pleased the instructor will be to find out that the
> student has already mastered generics?

Unfortunately this sort of question gets marked by an automated
system, so the robotic instructor in question will, I'm afraid,
be deeply unimpressed. ;-)

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