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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Can anyone help with GNAT.Perfect_Hash_Generators ? (Possible
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Anh Vo <anhvofrcaus@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 10:04:06 AM UTC-7, Simon Wright wrote:

>> then I have to say that's one of the more opaque pieces of Ada that I've
>> seen, not helped by being implemented over another piece of complex
>> software (GNAT.Table). Of course, it's implementing a complex algorithm.
>> 
>> I suppose it was written before Ada.Containers.
>
> Of course, it is better alternative if Ada.Containers* have what
> GNAT.Perfect_Hash_Generators has.

Pretty sure they don't.

But what I meant was, using Containers looks a lot simpler than using
Table.