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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Anybody in US using ADA ? One silly idea..
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:51:48 +0100
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Hyman Rosen wrote:

> Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>> But this is not generics vs. tagged, it is inlined vs. not. It is clear
>> that an inlined subroutine cannot be put into a library. The difference
>> is only that tagged types leave me a choice, while generics don't.
> 
> The inlining in question here is bits of your new object's code
> getting inlined into the library code, rather than the usual
> direction of inlining library code into your code. While you
> are not wrong in the abstract, the facts of implementations are
> that libraries which receive tagged types on which to operate
> are shipped as compiled binaries, and the opportunities to
> inline are simply not there.

I agree. As I said, it is a long way to go to get rid of generics.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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