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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,27b7b39155b8a0d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-29 11:10:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.sttln1.wa.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Mark Lundquist" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3C0611EB.F7E0E1A9@cfmu.eurocontrol.int> Subject: Re: Generics not overloadable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 19:10:03 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.248.56.237 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.sttln1.wa.home.com 1007061003 24.248.56.237 (Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:10:03 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:10:03 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17181 Date: 2001-11-29T19:10:03+00:00 List-Id: "Ian Wild" wrote in message news:3C0611EB.F7E0E1A9@cfmu.eurocontrol.int... > Mark Lundquist wrote: > > > ... > > 2) Of what use is a name denoting a generic unit within its own formal part? > > You certainly can't instantiate the generic there. What else can you bloody > > well do with a generic unit (in general) besides instantiate it? > > It can call itself recursively. Huh? Yes - a name occuring within the body of the generic unit denoted by that name refers to the "current instance" of the generic. I believe that's what you're talking about -- but that's not what my post was about :-) -- mark