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: 103376,93ab7fc5388e249 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-04 22:01:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C0DB841.A047CECB@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: List container strawman 1.3 References: <3C0D8D06.DD4F09F2@acm.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 06:01:48 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.86.209.197 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1007532108 209.86.209.197 (Tue, 04 Dec 2001 22:01:48 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 22:01:48 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 22:01:42 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17428 Date: 2001-12-05T06:01:48+00:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote: > > In article <3C0D8D06.DD4F09F2@acm.org>, Jeffrey Carter says... > > > >I thought we'd agreed not to call the type that indicates a position in > >the list "Iterator". IIRC, you thought "Location" was a better name. > > Part of the logic for that was that we weren't dealing with a full safe > iterator, but rather with something that represents a certian location within a > certian associated list. Thus "iterator" was a bit misleading for some. Now it > isn't. Yes, it is. An iterator, by definition, is something that iterates. Given X : Iterator; X does not Iterate. -- Jeff Carter "You empty-headed animal-food-trough wiper." Monty Python & the Holy Grail