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From: Georg Bauhaus <rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de>
Subject: Re: Generics vs. O-O?
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 09:35:53 +0200
Date: 2013-08-03T09:35:51+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51fcb2d7$0$6553$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <op.w07rueppule2fv@cardamome>

On 03.08.13 02:04, Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57) wrote:
> Le Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:11:32 +0200, Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> a écrit:
>> Here substitutability encompasses all parameters generics take, not just
>> types. E.g.
>>
>> generic
>>    with function Foo (X : Integer) return Real;
>> package Bar is ...
>>
>> You cannot verify if Baz
>>
>>    function Baz (X : Integer) return Real;
>>
>> were substitutable in Bar for Foo.
>
> I agree with this. Ability to require constraints on type parameters is missing. As an example, I wish I could state it must have some representation set on some value, or require some preconditions and postconditions.
>

Maybe we should coin terms such as "weakly subtyped",
or "weakly constrained" so as to better understand
the foundation of Dmitry's arguments in an Ada context?

  reply	other threads:[~2013-08-03  7:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-01 14:45 Generics vs. O-O? Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-08-01 19:24 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-01 19:52   ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-08-01 20:14     ` sbelmont700
2013-08-01 23:35       ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-08-01 20:10   ` optikos
2013-08-01 20:26     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-01 20:35     ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-08-01 21:22     ` Bill Findlay
2013-08-01 23:38     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-08-01 22:20   ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-08-02  8:11     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-02  9:50       ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-08-02 14:09         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-02 15:08           ` Shark8
2013-08-02 15:36             ` Alan Jump
2013-08-02 17:00               ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-08-02 17:51               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-02 18:06                 ` Alan Jump
2013-08-02 19:08                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-02 16:15             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-03  0:04       ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-08-03  7:35         ` Georg Bauhaus [this message]
2013-08-03  8:57           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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