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On 11/06/2010 09:49 AM, Stephen Leake wrote:
>
> A list package can be used in many different contexts. The package
> should be named Lists (or Gen_Lists if it is generic), the type should
> be named Lists.List, the subprogram arguments should be named List.

How much better if the parameter names for Insert are Into and Before, and for 
Append, Onto (and After, if appending after a location is allowed), rather than 
List and Position.

Sorry, I forgot: that involves thinking.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"It's all right, Taggart. Just a man and a horse being hung out there."
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