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Le Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:11:04 +0200, Dmitry A. Kazakov  =

<mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> a =C3=A9crit:

> On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:21:10 -0700 (PDT), Shark8 wrote:
>
>>> Similarly, encoding is an implementation of two interfaces one of  =

>>> which an
>>> array of code points another is an array of storage or stream elemen=
ts.
>>>
>>> There is no need in any libraries to be cut and paste for each of th=
e
>>> infinite combination of string representations x implementation x co=
de
>>> point constraints x bounds constraints etc. It is insanity.
>>
>> Who said anything about using an infinitude of implementations?
>
> The language forces this, because Ada is incapable to abstract
> implementation from the interface in many cases. Array interface is am=
ong
> them.

You know, you can define an ADT with array behavior.

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