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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,842accb6a7d76669 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-13 15:48:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 Subject: Re: List container strawman 1.1 From: Ben Place Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: References: <9s941i$11mrei$3@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <9s9nkr$11se3h$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <3BEC9BB8.6010708@telepath.com> <3BEC9F87.DBED743D@san.rr.com> <3BF1567C.89167E12@san.rr.com> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:48:28 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 165.247.50.12 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1005695308 165.247.50.12 (Tue, 13 Nov 2001 15:48:28 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 15:48:28 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 15:44:14 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16479 Date: 2001-11-13T23:48:28+00:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison at dennison@telepath.com wrote on 11/13/01 3:36 PM: > I suppose we could just create a null list and make everyone "&" to that, just > to stop the bickering. :-) Why not overload a "Create" function so that it takes either no arguments, a single element, or a list. This would return a null list, a list with a single element in it, or a copy of the list passed in, respectively. And can I vote for calling it "Create" while I'm here not lurking? Thanks, Ben Place