Re: Two approaches of iterators for the key-value pairs

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

Brad Moore <bmoore.ada@gmail.com> writes:

> My sense is that if you dont need a container as part of the
> abstraction, then perhaps it's better to just provide an Iterator
> type. All the existing containers already were containers, so for
> those it made sense to make them Iterable containers.  Ada.Directories
> and Ada.Environment_Variables do not currently have Containers
> associated with them, so perhaps an argument can be made that they
> should be Iterators, rather than concoct a Container type so that
> Iterable container syntax can be used.

I don't see it as concocting a Container type; it's an Iterable
type. Containers happen to be Iterable.

It's unfortunate (but understandable!) that 4.1.6 and 5.5.1, .2 use
container-related language.