Re: Constructors/Destructors in Ada95

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

Marin David Condic wrote in message <39FD65FB.388A05D0@acm.org>...
>rwilson007007@my-deja.com wrote:
>
>Very clever! However, at least one issue would be raised. A generic
>instanciation of My_Class_Name would result in a duplication of the
object
>code associated with My_Class_Name for every object of that class you
>declare. This is at least true of every Ada compiler of which I am
aware.
>I don't know if anybody supports code sharing for generics on a
currently
>marketed Ada95 compiler.

Janus/Ada 95 still uses "universal" code sharing for generics. There is
only one copy of the code for each generic unit; the instantiation
provides parameters.

I believe that there are other compilers that allow partial sharing in
limited instances.

Truth in advertising dept.: Janus/Ada 95 is not a complete
implementation of Ada 95 (a few parts are missing; notably to this
discussion, generic formal derived types). I don't know if there are any
reasons why our implementation cannot implement those part not yet
implemented (haven't found any yet, but...) I am a primary author of
that compiler, and still owrk at rrsoftware. (Our web site is
www.rrsoftware.com, if you care).

            Randy Brukardt.