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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4c8458572136e831 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-08 11:53:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!wanadoo.fr!opentransit.net!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!157.161.139.35.MISMATCH!49044084!news.imp.ch!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: List Containers - The Road Ahead Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 14:36:20 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9semrm$i79$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9sdpku$eu2$1@news.huji.ac.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1005248182 18665 136.170.200.133 (8 Nov 2001 19:36:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Nov 2001 19:36:22 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16091 Date: 2001-11-08T19:36:22+00:00 List-Id: Maps should look as much like lists as possible. Similar names & functionality. It might be better to defer Maps until some kind of decision is taken about lists. What might be useful is to put up some competing code with some kind of "Cast Your Vote" capability. It would also be wise to include in the vote any already existing packages. The vote probably should not be anonymous so that stuffing the ballot box is not possible. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Ehud Lamm" wrote in message news:9sdpku$eu2$1@news.huji.ac.il... > > That's for lists. > To see how the universal the design can be, can someone propose a > Map/Dictionary Strawman? >