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,fdc75443ea18fb32 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-29 08:44:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!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: Standard Queue status Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:27:03 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9u5nkp$skf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <%QRM7.39743$xS6.65958@www.newsranger.com> <9u0qhb$pq5$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9u0ujd$rhg$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3C05E289.C254DA29@mida.se> <3C065B15.5CA7D10B@boeing.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1007051225 29327 136.170.200.133 (29 Nov 2001 16:27:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Nov 2001 16:27:05 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:17169 Date: 2001-11-29T16:27:05+00:00 List-Id: "Jeffrey Carter" wrote in message news:3C065B15.5CA7D10B@boeing.com... > > The problem is agreeing on "extremely common operations". > How about: Anything that we can't agree is either absolutely necessary or a fundamental operation of an ADT goes into a child package for the ADT. For example, one might imagine an operation that returned a list consisting of only the odd elements of the input list. It might be useful in some settings, but certainly isn't fundamental to the notion of what a list is. Hence, defer it to a child package. That ought to help keep us focused and probably won't result in too much disagreement. When in doubt, it goes in a child package so the advocates have not lost the feature and the detractors don't need to be burdened with it if they don't want it. 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/