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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ce0900b60ca3f616 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-05 12:46:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!in.nntp.be!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <3BE29AF4.80804@telepath.com> <3BE29BD4.10401@telepath.com> <3BE2DB99.B707D409@boeing.com> <3BE32A18.18404AD1@boeing.com> <3BE443DE.574D669C@acm.org> <3BE58FDD.E1FB1815@san.rr.com> <4LBF7.13535$xS6.17968@www.newsranger.com> <3BE6F58C.7C88F6CD@san.rr.com> Subject: Re: List container strawman Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 15:45:58 EST Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 20:45:58 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15849 Date: 2001-11-05T20:45:58+00:00 List-Id: In article <3BE6F58C.7C88F6CD@san.rr.com>, Darren New says... > >Ted Dennison wrote: >> That's not good enough either, since the List could change to make the >> location itself invalid. > >I'm not sure how that could happen. The "location" record itself would >be separate from the list. Lots of ways. For instance, the element pointed to could be deleted using another iterator. It could get removed with a Pop. It could get removed with that global list empty that someone suggested I add. >> I'm of the inlincation that if >> you aren't going to do the Right Thing here, then bag it. Half-measures are > >Agreed. But it *is* doable. Probably not worth doing, tho. My Exactly. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.