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From: dweller@dfw.net (David Weller)
Subject: Re: C++ templates vs. Ada generics?
Date: 1996/06/20
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Date: 1996-06-20T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <4qbtid$bsq@map.mda.ca>, Ray Blaak <blaak@mda.ca> wrote:
>Dale Stanbrough <dale@goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU> writes:
>>[...] does anyone have any examples of what can be
>>achieved in C++ templates, but not Ada generics?
>On the fly instantiations (i.e. as a parameter to a function). Technically this
>does not provide any extra ability, but it can be wonderfully succinct,
>especially for one-time uses of the instantiation.
>


Hmm, I don't understand how you _can't_ do this.  Admittedly, I'd have
to enclose it in a block, but that's trivial compared to the "Butt
Ugly" syntax of C++ templates (you may quote me :-)

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