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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Teaching new tricks to an old dog (C++ -->Ada)
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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:11:46 +0100, Georg Bauhaus wrote:

> Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>> Access type is a type as any other. If it has to be a
>> member of Set_Element'Class why shouldn't it be?
> 
> Wrapping occurs, for example a set of ints will become a
> set of int_also_set_element.

What's wrong with that. Or, better: how ints could be in a set being not
elements of the set? (:-))

> As there might have to be
> some implementation for int_also_set_element,
> it can be much less convenient than having a set of plain
> ints.

I'm afraid I don't fully understand what you mean here. Probably, that the
implementation of the set will use class-wide objects instead of specific
ones. It is definitely an issue to be addressed. This is why I wish a
better ADT for Ada.

> This is a chapter in OOSC2. It's good to have a copy anyway.
> http://archive.eiffel.com/doc/oosc/
> From this page there is a link to a sample chapter every now
> and then. See the bottom of the page.

Presently it is: HOW TO FIND THE CLASSES

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de