From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca>
Subject: Re: Subprogram Pointer in a Generic
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:46:15 -0400
Date: 2003-04-23T16:46:15-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EA6FB97.8050204@cogeco.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: wccof2yi64f.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com
Robert A Duff wrote:
> "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca> writes:
>>I think so. I found this to be a horrible limitation when it
>>was necessary to register a callback from within a generic.
>
> Why? Declaring something in the private part of the generic package is
> roughly the same thing as putting it in the body. It's not *exactly*
> the same, but close enough.
>
> And it has little effect on compile times, if the compiler is not
> sharing code (which is the usual case).
>
> - Bob
Well, all I know is that GNAT didn't like it. I had to find
another way. I didn't have time to deliberate about it. Even now,
I don't have the time to fuss with it.
--
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-17 1:53 Subprogram Pointer in a Generic Charles H. Sampson
2003-04-17 2:54 ` James S. Rogers
2003-04-17 3:15 ` Samuel Tardieu
2003-04-17 5:27 ` tmoran
2003-04-17 3:12 ` Samuel Tardieu
2003-04-17 4:17 ` tmoran
2003-04-17 20:24 ` Robert A Duff
2003-04-18 2:59 ` Charles H. Sampson
2003-04-22 16:34 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-04-22 21:17 ` Robert A Duff
2003-04-23 20:46 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG [this message]
2003-04-17 19:41 ` Matthew Heaney
2003-04-17 20:39 ` Robert A Duff
2003-04-17 23:14 ` Randy Brukardt
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