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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J-P. Rosen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Introductory Presentations, especially aimed at C++ programmers! Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 11:49:09 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <1905815374.502825168.454102.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> <87y3zq4t05.fsf@nightsong.com> <0ad2eb12-421f-4159-8df2-5bf7e0dddf06@googlegroups.com> <87mvg551pi.fsf@nightsong.com> <87d1h14gyg.fsf@nightsong.com> <878trp4fm8.fsf@nightsong.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 10:47:52 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="01c721338122d8643c07cbf2abf3c058"; logging-data="26510"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19R8eaQg8CwTnbtsv1bnhAV" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.5.1 In-Reply-To: <878trp4fm8.fsf@nightsong.com> Cancel-Lock: sha1:Z09SAEfK5zAosSP1oh8XhM5hiK8= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:32698 Date: 2016-12-09T11:49:09+01:00 List-Id: Le 09/12/2016 à 10:27, Paul Rubin a écrit : > "J-P. Rosen" writes: >> Unbounded_Strings are controlled types that perform automatic >> reclamation, the user doesn't have to worry. > > You mean they're reclaimed when the scope exits, something like C++? > That's good to know. > Yes. They are implemented with hidden pointers, with automatic reclaimation when assigned or going out of scope. This is almost the canonical example of using controlled types. You should have a look at controlled types, especially if you miss C++ destructors ;-) -- J-P. Rosen Adalog 2 rue du Docteur Lombard, 92441 Issy-les-Moulineaux CEDEX Tel: +33 1 45 29 21 52, Fax: +33 1 45 29 25 00 http://www.adalog.fr