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Subject: Re: Extend slices for n dimensional arrays for Ada 202X
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:53:41 +0100
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On 27.01.17 10:34, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On 26/01/2017 19:29, Randy Brukardt wrote:
>
>> So I don't see this happening - it doesn't make sense in the context of Ada
>> implementation strategies.
>
> That is why I keep on saying, give users the array interface (and the array slice interface) and let users implement their custom arrays.
>

Will some Iterator_Interface and generalized
loop iteration not provide for custom arrays?


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