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Subject: Re: BC components for indefinite types?
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On May 24, 3:59=A0am, jpwoodruff <jpwoodr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I take Simon's point that the standard probably should displace the
> bc's. =A0Perhaps I should schedule an attempt to upgrade. =A0Right after
> the other activities with higher priority.

The BCs (and probably other similar libraries) offer support for
features not available with Ada.Containers (you might want to use your
own memory management ie storage pools; or you might need wholly stack-
based operation). But if you are starting out now with no historical
baggage or unusual requirements such as the above, you ought to use
Ada.Containers.