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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.182.128.101 with SMTP id nn5mr30966305obb.31.1441810233178; Wed, 09 Sep 2015 07:50:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.182.213.164 with SMTP id nt4mr136352obc.39.1441810233155; Wed, 09 Sep 2015 07:50:33 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!peer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!kq10no2279508igb.0!news-out.google.com!nt1ni5495igb.0!nntp.google.com!kq10no3008694igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 07:50:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <157a8d0b-85ee-454f-a7cb-76b88ee8c474@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=155.210.217.198; posting-account=ZsBWjAoAAACn5uHwNWb19e60TrEtWbAD NNTP-Posting-Host: 155.210.217.198 References: <625c79d2-f5ed-4cd4-80ea-ea310e381017@googlegroups.com> <87y4ggm71k.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> <157a8d0b-85ee-454f-a7cb-76b88ee8c474@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <43ea52fd-3d08-417a-9f8a-842c366c151e@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: working with diferent instances of the same generic interface From: Aitor Alcrudo Sangros Injection-Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:50:33 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 2297 X-Received-Body-CRC: 67695362 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:27752 Date: 2015-09-09T07:50:32-07:00 List-Id: El mi=E9rcoles, 9 de septiembre de 2015, 15:10:08 (UTC+2), Egil H H escrib= i=F3: > On Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 2:41:03 PM UTC+2, Aitor Alcrudo Sangro= s wrote: > >=20 > > Well they instance the same generic interface so more like trying to tu= rn a dog into a coyote, but that's why I'm asking for help. >=20 > It doesn't matter that they are defined in instances of the same generic, > they are completely different types, with no common ancestor, just like: >=20 > type Foo is interface; > type Bar is interface; >=20 > Would you say converting Foo into Bar is like turning a dog into a coyote= ? >=20 > --=20 > ~egilhh Ok, so you are saying I can't treat two instances of an interface the same = way even if the only thing I want is to call interface procedures/functions= ?