From: "Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@attbi.com>
Subject: Re: Interfaces and Generics?
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 23:52:09 GMT
Date: 2003-09-16T23:52:09+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F67A207.7060007@attbi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: QWs9b.706$I9.652@newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net
chris wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Will Ada 200x (Ada XP ;) ) revise generics for the new interfaces that
> will be present? I expect so, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
>
> For example, will you be able to specify that a generic package only
> deals with something that implements two (or more) given interfaces?
If I understand you correctly, you would like to be able to say:
generic
type Foo is new A with B, C;
package Bar is...
If so, it is a very good question. I don't think it is currently part
of the proposal. I am also not sure how useful it would be, but it
would certainly be a good idea for orthogonality reasons.
--
Robert I. Eachus
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President of France
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2003-09-15 23:41 Interfaces and Generics? chris
2003-09-16 23:52 ` Robert I. Eachus [this message]
2003-09-17 11:13 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-09-17 21:06 ` Randy Brukardt
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