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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Suggestion: Allow functions returning abstract types in certain situations
Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 21:20:29 +0200
Date: 2014-05-24T21:20:29+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tk0dl0wahjx1.1cvtt4dq1r48v.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: wccwqdbdnsf.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com

On Sat, 24 May 2014 14:39:12 -0400, Robert A Duff wrote:

> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
> 
>> Morale. Type semantics must be respected.
> 
> ?

No instances (abstract) means no instances. When typing gets broken you
never know where than may leak out. Ada would be a much safer language if
not these attempts to break typing for the sake imaginary advantages, which
never pay off.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de


  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-24 19:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-21 14:52 Suggestion: Allow functions returning abstract types in certain situations Victor Porton
2014-05-21 16:10 ` Adam Beneschan
2014-05-21 19:09   ` Dan'l Miller
2014-05-21 22:09     ` Robert A Duff
2014-05-21 22:29       ` Adam Beneschan
2014-05-21 22:04   ` Robert A Duff
2014-05-21 22:33     ` Adam Beneschan
2014-05-21 23:19       ` Robert A Duff
2014-05-22  7:22         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-05-24 18:39           ` Robert A Duff
2014-05-24 19:20             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2014-05-22 14:47         ` Adam Beneschan
2014-05-24 18:45           ` Robert A Duff
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