From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fa18fb47ddd229a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-10 11:25:11 PST From: "amado.alves" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Proposed change to BC iterator parameters [limitedness] Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:20:00 -0000 Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1071084021 90128 80.67.180.195 (10 Dec 2003 19:20:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:20:21 +0000 (UTC) To: Return-Path: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6487.1 content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Proposed change to BC iterator parameters [limitedness] Thread-Index: AcO/T+9rqH5Z5cr/T4GaZB/QAYujeAAALHtr X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Dec 2003 19:20:02.0844 (UTC) FILETIME=[9C62A5C0:01C3BF52] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p5 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!feed.ac-versailles.fr!freenix!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3327 Date: 2003-12-10T19:20:00+00:00 <<: I think there are (container) libraries that accept limited element types. Charles does (some of it).>> So perhaps you should consider using it. << : ...For me it does not make sense : to put constants in a container. So my advice can only be: rethink : your program. I tried, limitedness is only an implication of having access discriminants in tagged types...>> I know. Big annoyance of Ada. The root of all 'unnaturalness'. Often I = also end up specifying things 'above' the language like you did with = "Make".