Re: default formal parameters in generic declarations

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>]

Eric Hughes <eric.eh9@gmail.com> writes:

> I would like to implement this in Ada, but the absence of a default
> package parameter means that instantiation is horribly clunky and that
> only the most dedicated would use it.

I don't see why this would be "horribly klunky"; they typical user
will do:

package My_Instance is new Generic_Package 
    (Aspect_Package => Null_Aspect_Package,
     foo => Bar,
     ...);

You are requesting the ability to do this instead:

package My_Instance is new Generic_Package 
    (foo => Bar,
     ...);

I agree it's a little nicer, but that big a deal.

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