Re: C++0x : no 'concepts'

[wwilson <leon.winslow@notes.udayton.edu>]

On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:36:00 -0400, Stephen Leake  
<stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org> wrote:

> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:
>
>> wwilson <leon.winslow@notes.udayton.edu> writes:
>>> On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:44:30 -0400, Martin
>>> <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Crickey! How glad am Ada has strong typing and a generic contract
>>>> model!!
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ddj.com/cpp/218600111
>>>>
>>>> And that was going to make life 'simpler'!?!?!?
>>>
>>> I hate to show my ignorance, but what did the C people mean by  
>>> "concepts"?
>>
>> C++, not C.
>>
>> See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepts_(C%2B%2B)>.
>
> I think the nearest Ada equivalent is a "signature generic package
> parameter".
>

Thanks to both of you.  An interesting idea.

Sorry about the typo of C for C++


lew

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