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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: GCC 4.0 Ada.Containers Cursor danger.
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On 5 Jul 2005 10:11:10 -0700, Dmitriy Anisimkov wrote:

> I would propose to have a Ada.Containers subset without cursors for
> safety reasons.

Yes, or even to remove them completely.

It is not clear to me what the semantics a cursor has. Is it a location in
the container? Then that should be an index or position. Is it a pointer to
an individual element? Then that should be an access type object. Cursor
looks like an amorphous mixture inheriting disadvantages of both.

> Where the "windows" safer in C or in Ada ?

Equally safe. It is just so that in C they are located on the floor...
(:-))

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