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Ted Dennison wrote:
 
> I'd like to see if anyone has a good objection to it, but I personally
> can't see one. The only issue I can see is that it takes your typical
> instantiation from:
> 
>    package Integer_Lists is new Containers.Lists.Unbounded (Integer);
> 
> to
> 
>    package Integer_List is new Containers.Lists.Unbounded (Integer,
> "=");
> 
> Instructors will have to explain the purpose of the extra parameter,
> but I don't think that's too big a deal. I'd like to hear from one of
> them though.

use "is <>" for "=" then the user only needs to explicitly specify
it if it isn't named "=".

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Mark Biggar
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