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From: eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)
Subject: Re: Delphi & Ada; Ada to C++
Date: 1998/03/05
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In article <6cms2p$7pv$1@news.nyu.edu> kenner@lab.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) writes:

 > Actually, generics can be translated in a relatively straightforward
 > manner since it's just macro substitution.  Exceptions are trickier,
 > but still can be done reasonable well.  The real hard cases are
 > variant records and unconstrained arrays.

   Most Ada generics are translatable as macro substitution, but the
devil is in the details. There are many instances where thunks or some
other mechanism is required to deal with freezing at the point (during
execution) of instantiation.  In most cases, all that changes at
run-time are ranges or array bounds, but it is also possible for the
binding of names to subprograms to change...

--

					Robert I. Eachus

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