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,a644fa9cd1a3869a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-12 11:00:30 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!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 container strawman 1.2 Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 13:50:01 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9sp5kr$fvm$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3BECA3B7.5020702@telepath.com> <3bef920f@pull.gecm.com> <3BEFFACC.4801D70D@boeing.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1005591003 16374 136.170.200.133 (12 Nov 2001 18:50:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Nov 2001 18:50:03 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:16356 Date: 2001-11-12T18:50:03+00:00 List-Id: Maybe we shouldn't get to technical about it. If a feature is useful, does it really matter that it doesn't satisfy some theoretical nicety? It is probably more important to avoid making the basic list any more complicated than it has to be - so we might be in agreement as to the end result. But I wouldn't avoid the capability of eliminating/prohibiting duplicates altogether if it was something that didn't cause the end user any additional work for the basic case and didn't have any significant penalties in its realization. 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/ "Jeffrey Carter" wrote in message news:3BEFFACC.4801D70D@boeing.com... > > This is not a property of lists. While it may be useful in some cases to > have something list-like with this property, it should be a unique > structure, not something that affects every use of the basic list > component.