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From: Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: worth the hassle?
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"chris.danx" <spamoff.danx@ntlworld.com> writes:

> <snip discussion of lists supporting limited types>
 
> Is this a worth while tradeoff?  I guess the question "how often are limited
> types used?" would serve better, as it would give a measure on which to base
> a decision.

This was discussed extensively back in December 2001 during the Grace
Lists requirements development. You could search on Google for that
discussion.

My own opinion is that supporting limited types is a requirement for
any general-purpose container.

This is probably one reason why Ada will never be as popular as C++;
in C++, you don't have to make this kind of decision :).

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-- Stephe