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Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:26:42 +0200
From: Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de>
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Subject: Re: Help needed for ada package
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strictly_mk@hotmail.com wrote:

> I'm a little confused with the generic part though - i don't know how
> to manipulate this bit.

generic
   type T is {something};
package Pack is

   -- refer to T is if it were a known type.
   -- What you know about the type here is
   -- expressed in {something}. For example,

   -- when {something} is replaced by "range <>"
   -- then you can use T inside Pack as if it were a
   -- signed integer type. When you make an instance
   -- of Pack, use some subtype of a signed integer
   -- type, like Natural, etc..