From: je@bton.ac.uk (John English)
Subject: Re: Dispatching In Generics
Date: 1997/06/09
Date: 1997-06-09T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5ngq7h$mfm@saturn.brighton.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3396EB36.3D14@boeing.com
Kevin Ingalls (kevin.l.ingalls@boeing.com) wrote:
: First, I can't find the Ada FAQ, so perhaps the answer to my question is
: there. If you know where it is I would appreciate the address.
http://www.adahome.com (where else!)
: Second, here is my coding question: How do I code a generic so that it
: can take the base type of a hierarchy and perform dispatching on objects
: of that type?
with Xpackage;
generic
type T is abstract new Xpackage.X with private;
...
package gPackage is ...
So in gPackage, you can assume that T is descended from X and use X's
primitives.
Hope this helps.
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1997-06-05 0:00 Dispatching In Generics Kevin Ingalls
1997-06-07 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-06-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-09 0:00 ` John English [this message]
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1997-09-11 0:00 Dispatching in Generics Kevin Ingalls
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