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From: Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com>
Subject: Re: List container strawman
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Stephen Leake wrote:
> 
> So the base list container must allow the user to control the copying
> process. That means either making it Limited and providing a Copy
> operation, or making it Controlled and providing Adjust. In either
> case, the user of the package must provide a Copy_Element operation
> that does the Right Thing.

If the client has to provide an Assign procedure for the Element type,
then the Element type should be limited private. While I have no problem
with this, I think most of the participants in this discussion have
already decided that's too complicated for them.

-- 
Jeffrey Carter