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: 103376,27b7b39155b8a0d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-29 02:41:52 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.esat.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc1.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader1.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C0611EB.F7E0E1A9@cfmu.eurocontrol.int> From: Ian Wild Organization: Eurocontrol X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.30 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Generics not overloadable References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cache-Post-Path: ecw.eurocontrol.be!unknown@193.221.189.77 X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:41:50 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.221.170.178 X-Complaints-To: abuse@Belgium.EU.net X-Trace: nreader1.kpnqwest.net 1007030510 193.221.170.178 (Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:41:50 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:41:50 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17156 Date: 2001-11-29T10:41:50+00:00 List-Id: Mark Lundquist wrote: > ... > 2) Of what use is a name denoting a generic unit within its own formal part? > You certainly can't instantiate the generic there. What else can you bloody > well do with a generic unit (in general) besides instantiate it? It can call itself recursively.