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,e382b50ddc696050 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-05 19:15:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C0EE2E8.E89D6713@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 Strawman JC01 References: <3C0DB9D0.7184868A@acm.org> <3C0EB851.77E7172A@boeing.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 03:15:52 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.86.208.139 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1007608552 209.86.208.139 (Wed, 05 Dec 2001 19:15:52 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 19:15:52 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 19:15:54 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17494 Date: 2001-12-06T03:15:52+00:00 List-Id: Jeffrey Carter wrote: > > I note that I omitted an essential function from this specification: > "=". Please assume the following was part of the package: > > generic -- "=" > with function "=" (Left : Element; Right : Element) return Boolean is > <>; > function "=" (Left : List_Handle; Right : List_Handle) return Boolean; > -- Two lists are equal if they have the same Length and have equal > Elements at > -- corresponding positions. This, of course, is completely wrong. Now that my brain has rebooted, with function "=" ... should be in the generic formal part of the package, and "=" should not be generic. -- Jeff Carter "Hello! Smelly English K...niggets." Monty Python & the Holy Grail