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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fed2e7871ca258cd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-21 12:26:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: List Container Strawman 1.4 Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:48:49 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <9vbc89$eb6li$2@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <9ve8jn$esilp$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <9viq4m$fjbkr$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <9vvopp$gm2$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1008964130 21614 136.170.200.133 (21 Dec 2001 19:48:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Dec 2001 19:48:50 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18233 Date: 2001-12-21T19:48:50+00:00 List-Id: Well then, count this as my personal request that we have a Null_List constant in keeping with Ada.Strings.Unbounded. BTW: Merry Christmas to all y'all! I'll be back at it next year. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:TdMU7.7179$XC5.9446@www.newsranger.com... > > It could be done. I think the only reason there isn't a Null_List there now is > that no one else thought of a reason why it would be needed. You could still get > by in the current scheme by assigning a new list to the existing one, or by > performing "To" on a null element array, but those solutions are a bit awkward. >