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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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On 04/21/2014 11:51 AM, Shark8 wrote:
>
> I suppose the better way to phrase it is:
> "Is it better to strictly stick to the spec, letting generic instantiation take
> care of these 'extra-typal' parameters, *OR* doing things the natural Ada way,
> and worrying about 'fixing-up' things in, say, 'Input and 'Output operations."

My vote is for the Ada way, as long as the functionality is correct. Making it 
clear, easy to read and understand, and correct are the important things.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"I like it when the support group complains that they have
insufficient data on mean time to repair bugs in Ada software."
Robert I. Eachus
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