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 10.224.69.6 with SMTP id x6mr4376490qai.0.1375368313799; Thu, 01 Aug 2013 07:45:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.49.48.197 with SMTP id o5mr60039qen.31.1375368313735; Thu, 01 Aug 2013 07:45:13 -0700 (PDT) Path: border1.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!fx3no428055qab.0!news-out.google.com!he10ni0qab.0!nntp.google.com!fx3no428054qab.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 07:45:13 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=129.59.203.108; posting-account=7Oy7OQoAAABhVYFOo553Cn1-AaU-bSfl NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.59.203.108 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <6238c325-79c5-4537-ba55-2800110dc6df@googlegroups.com> Subject: Generics vs. O-O? From: Eryndlia Mavourneen Injection-Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:45:13 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Original-Bytes: 1453 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:182794 Date: 2013-08-01T07:45:13-07:00 List-Id: I need to write a template package to be used by several different mechanis= ms (units). The question is, "What are the trade-offs between using a gene= ric package as the template and using a package-as-class containing O-O cod= e?" I am aware that generics can take more time to compile; however, I am = more interested in run-time effects. Can anyone provide a short summary? -- Eryndlia (KK1T)