Re: something I would like to see in ADA 2005

[Bill Findlay <yaldnifw@blueyonder.co.uk>]

On 14/4/03 15:39, in article
6a90b886.0304140639.4ee1abfb@posting.google.com, "Tony Gair"
<tony_gair@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>> How would tasks help?  Task types are no more generic than protected
>> types.  If you want genericity, you have to wrap it in a package.
> 
> Maybe I can use a generic package, but I would like to declare a
> protected type the same way I declare a package or a task.

Nothing prevents you.
(But I suspect you did not mean what you said.)

> 
> I disagree with the statement that tasks are no more generic than
> PO's.
> For instance try declaring a generic protected object.

Why don't *you* try declaring a generic task?
Be sure to let us know how you get on.

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