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From: Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com>
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Darren New wrote:
> 
> Ted Dennison wrote:
> >     -- Remove the element at the given location, and advance Location to
> > the next
> >     -- element.
> >     -- If Location=Done_Iterating then No_Item will be raised.
> >     -- If Location=First, then Location will be set to the new First.
> >     -- If Location=Last, then Location will be set to Done_Iterating.
> 
> One problem with this is removing (say) the last three elements from a
> list. Since you always assume you want to go forward, it is more
> difficult to remove the last three than the first three, particularly
> since "Next" and "Previous" aren't functions.

While I agree with your sentiments, Next and Previous *are* functions.

-- 
Jeffrey Carter