Re: Copy vector in Ada

["Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr>]

Le Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:34:17 +0100, Maciej Sobczak  
<see.my.homepage@gmail.com> a écrit:
> I would even say that C++ has a more elegant solution for this problem,  
> as the ability to redefine the assignment operation is orthogonal to  
> other parts of the language and does not interfere with things like  
> polymorphism. Also, banning and redefining are handled in the consistent  
> way (hey, they *are* related issues!), while in Ada these two are done  
> in completely distinct ways - one requires a keyword, while the other  
> requires a derivation from some magic type. Yuck.
I will trust you for the assertion about C++, as I forget too much since  
that time, but your words invite me to notice the orthogonality you  
mention, is in the big part, more in Ada than C++. Think of separation of  
hiding and attaching methods to a tagged type. That may be true for a that  
particular point, but not for the whole (just wanted to remind a detail  
cannot shadow the whole). Will investigate that point later any way, as  
I've never felt any lack of orthogonality with Ada here; I will try to  
better understand what you meant.


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