From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,48fa8e3cfaec41af X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-22 12:41:33 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!central.cox.net!cox.net!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!newsfep2-win.server.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: worth the hassle? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 19:44:57 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.5.140.234 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: newsfep2-win.server.ntli.net 1027363544 80.5.140.234 (Mon, 22 Jul 2002 19:45:44 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 19:45:44 BST Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27314 Date: 2002-07-22T19:44:57+01:00 List-Id: "Stephen Leake" wrote in message news:uheirlk4z.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov... > This was discussed extensively back in December 2001 during the Grace > Lists requirements development. You could search on Google for that > discussion. side note: What's happening with Grace? I checked Nick Roberts summary for ASCL/Grace and that was no use, I'll dig into the archives of the discussion if I get time and see what the detailed arguments were. > My own opinion is that supporting limited types is a requirement for > any general-purpose container. I am in two minds. One says forget limited just now and later on code a set of limited equivalents later. The code will be simple enough that copying and modifying the non-limited packages should be no problem. The other says just use limted types, after all it's only one routine and it's not so inconvienant. Grrrr..... :( Convienance says non-limited so maybe that's the way it will go. Chris