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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: Sharing generic bodies across instantiations.
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AdaMagica writes:
> As far as I understand, GNAT replicates, RR shares generic code.
> (Don't know about IBM (former Rational).)

My understanding is similar; indeed, Janus/Ada is the only compiler that
shares generics.  Unfortunately, no compiler offers the option to
choose; this is an implementation decision.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.