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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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"Robert A Duff" <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote in message
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> Ada also has the "is <>" default notation for generic formal parameters,

Only for *some* kinds of formal parameters. It clearly would be useful to
have defaults for *all* kinds of formal parameters; it would reduce the
effort to create explicit instantiations a lot.

(Of course, the ARG didn't have the will for this idea; see AI95-00299.)

               Randy.