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Subject: Re: Ada design bug or GNAT bug?
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Shark8 <onewingedshark@gmail.com> writes:

> Also, I seem to recall your dislike of INTERFACEs -- in hindsight,
> what would you have done differently if you needed the mechanism of
> "Type T has functions X, Y, and X" applied to a group of types?
> Generics, or some variations thereof?

Generic signature packages?