From: Hyman Rosen <hymie@prolifics.com>
Subject: Re: STL, Ada, C++ (Was Re: The Next Microsoft?)
Date: 2000/05/08
Date: 2000-05-08T20:56:49+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <t7og6gahgm.fsf@calumny.jyacc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8f50hc$hpo$1@nnrp1.deja.com
Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
> I am not at all convinced that automatic instantiation is
> a help to the reader and maintainer, on the contrary, it
> seems very awkward to have uses of templates not be visible
> from this point of view.
I consider automatic instantiation of templates to be the compile-time
polymorphism equivalent of run-time dispatching on class-wide types.
When you make a dispatching call, you do not know what function you
are calling. Similarly, you should be able to call a generic function
without explicitly stating which one you are calling.
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2000-05-05 0:00 ` The Next Microsoft? Ray Blaak
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Mark Atwood
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Mark Atwood
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Bill Greene
2000-05-06 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
2000-05-07 0:00 ` STL, Ada, C++ (Was Re: The Next Microsoft?) Brian Rogoff
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen [this message]
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-05-09 0:00 ` STL, Ada, C++ Harry Erwin
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-09 0:00 ` STL, Ada, C++ (Was Re: The Next Microsoft?) Marin D. Condic
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 0:00 ` The Next Microsoft? Jon S Anthony
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Ayende Rahien
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Bobby D. Bryant
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