From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a644fa9cd1a3869a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-12 13:14:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjcppf01.usenetserver.com!usenetserver.com!news-west.rr.com!lsnws01.we.mediaone.net!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BF03BA2.1CF9740B@san.rr.com> From: Darren New Organization: Boxes! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: List container: Insert and Delete References: <9sn4qm$13g29j$2@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <9sok8i$142am0$2@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <3BF004F4.F74AE461@boeing.com> <9sp5up$g5o$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 21:14:28 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 1005599668 66.75.151.160 (Mon, 12 Nov 2001 13:14:28 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 13:14:28 PST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16371 Date: 2001-11-12T21:14:28+00:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen wrote: > But do people expect a Bounded list implementation will allocate > a full list to the maximum size in all cases ? If so, then the > Unbounded list implementation might have a meaningful How_Full (List) > answer related to the total address space available. > > If one is managing multiple lists in the same address space, > learning How_Full is important for balancing resource usage > between the lists (in cases where the application can control > its appetites). I think we're rapidly moving away from the "newbie" version of the lists. Suddenly you're getting into storage pool issues again, and etc. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. You will soon read a generic fortune cookie.