Re: Problem with generic package

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

"Mike H" <postmaster@ada-augusta.demon.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:dJJMtxAMKvTTFwdN@ada-augusta.demon.co.uk...
> Laurent  writes
>>If I have a big generic package but I need only one function from it
>>but for different types. I have to instantiate the package once for every 
>>type.
>>Which means that there will be a lot of memory allocated for
>>unused things? Or is the compiler smart enough to cut the unused
>>parts off?
>>
> Ada has been around since the 1980s. Always assume that the compiler
> writers are smaller than you are until contrary evidence suggests
> otherwise

I think you probably meant "smarter" rather than "smaller" in the above. 
Otherwise, I think you are making an unsupportable statement (although it 
might have been true in my specific case when Janus/Ada was created, not so 
much anymore ;-).

                       Randy.