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From: Warren <ve3wwg@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Properties
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 21:10:56 +0000 (UTC)
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Randy Brukardt expounded in news:id68q7$d66$1@munin.nbi.dk:

> "Warren" <ve3wwg@gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:Xns9E417369AD1F4WarrensBlatherings@81.169.183.62...
>> Dmitry A. Kazakov expounded in
>> news:1k7367gtebsgm$.18auo6u3nfg34.dlg@40tude.net:
>>
>>> On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 15:21:39 +0000 (UTC), Warren wrote:
>>>> A library designed in Ada from the ground up, would be
>>>> better.
..
>>> And I don't want to
>>> instantiate a generic each time I need an event handler.
>>
>> Agreed, but I don't believe we're stuck with that
>> solution. All you need is procedure'Access for the
>> callback. 
> 
> Claw solely uses OOP to support event handlers. There are
> no explicit callbacks, and there are no generics to
> instantiate. (But instantiating a generic probably involves
> less typing than deriving an OOP type). IMHO, events cannot
> and should not be separated from the associated objects. 
..
>                                        Randy.

Ya, that seems to be a sensible approach. It's hard for me to 
forget a lifetime of C-based brainwashing. ;-)

Warren