Re: Manifesto against Vector

["Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>]

"(see below)" <byaldnif@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:BCBD545F.86404%byaldnif@blueyonder.co.uk...
> On 4/5/04 10:07 am, in article
> mailman.64.1083661659.313.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org, "Marius Amado
Alves"
> <amado.alves@netcabo.pt> wrote:
>
> >> As it follows from the Minutes of #22 ARG Meeting
> >> (http://www.ada.auth.org/ai-files/minutes/min-0403.html#AI302),
> >> ARG chose the name Vector for Unbounded_Array container.
> >
> ...
> > so yes, ARG, please  change to "Unbounded_Arrays".
>
> I am with Alexander and Marius on this.
> "Vector" is inaccurate and misleading for this use.
> An Ada standard should not endorse sloppy terminology.

1) "Vector" for better or worse, is now a widely accepted term for this type
of container;
2) comp.lang.ada submissions count for zilch and the ARG are just going to
ignore this thread; and
3) This has been debated ad nausium by the ARG (see
http://www.ada-auth.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/AIs/AI-00302.TXT?rev=1.13)

I'm afraid this one is a case of sucking it up and living with it - there
are _way_ more interesting things in the new language revision to get heat
up about.

My $0.02

-- Martin