From: Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>
Subject: Re: A generic list package
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 17:16:40 GMT
Date: 2001-09-03T17:16:40+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B93BB3F.11AB1B0B@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: tg7kvggsdg.fsf_-_@mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de
Florian Weimer wrote:
>
> Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:
>
> > I find it curious that you expect the client to provide the "next"
> > field/operation, rather than declaring a Node_Type containing the
> > user's type and a Next field. Can you elaborate on this?
I would say that this approach does not qualify as an ADT. The client
must understand the internal representation to be used in the list and
declare a set of types and operations appropriately. That does not seem
"abstract".
--
Jeff Carter
"If you think you got a nasty taunting this time,
you ain't heard nothing yet!"
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-02 22:13 A generic list package (long) Florian Weimer
2001-09-02 22:29 ` Stephen Leake
2001-09-03 9:53 ` Florian Weimer
2001-09-03 16:18 ` A generic list package Florian Weimer
2001-09-03 17:16 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2001-09-04 9:40 ` Florian Weimer
2001-09-04 16:42 ` Stephen Leake
2001-09-18 14:58 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2001-09-18 19:07 ` Simon Wright
2001-09-19 8:05 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2001-09-19 19:45 ` Simon Wright
2001-09-20 8:21 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
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