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Subject: Re: Generics not overloadable
From: "R. Tim Coslet" <R_Tim_Coslet@pacbell.net>
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Also overloading prevents separating the unit.

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> From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
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> Date: 28 Nov 2001 19:41:52 -0800
> Subject: Re: Generics not overloadable
> 
> Ted Dennison<dennison@telepath.com> wrote in message
> news:<VGcN7.41331$xS6.69936@www.newsranger.com>...
> 
>> It annoyed me too when I discovered it
> 
> I find it hard to believe that it would be easy to come
> up with an example where it would help the reader to
> name two visible generic units with the same name.
> 
> Indeed, far too often overloading in Ada is misused to
> save the bother of thinking of different names. You should
> only overload by deliberate decision where it makes reading
> clearer, otherwise overloading can confuse a reader.