From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,XPRIO autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,48fa8e3cfaec41af,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-22 09:57:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!btnet-peer0!btnet-peer!btnet!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!proxad.net!proxad.net!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: worth the hassle? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 17:56:53 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.5.140.234 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net 1027357049 80.5.140.234 (Mon, 22 Jul 2002 17:57:29 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 17:57:29 BST Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27302 Date: 2002-07-22T17:56:53+01:00 List-Id: Hi, Been working on Aqua for a wee while now, but the code for the list exposes my misunderstanding of iterators so I'm re-writing it and it should be out on Thursday (touch wood). Since the list had to be rewritten, it seemed like a good time to re-evaluate one of the design decisions concerning the types permittable at instantiation of the list (and other types). I never use limited types, and didn't code any support for them into the first list implementation. This bugged me a little but since limited types require an assignment operation to allow the list to function seemed a little bit inconvienant for the user. Is this a worth while tradeoff? I guess the question "how often are limited types used?" would serve better, as it would give a measure on which to base a decision. Chris