Re: generic function and overloading

[Jean-Pierre Rosen <rosen@adalog.fr>]

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eliben a e'crit :
> [...] In Ada, however, when using generics it doesn't seem I can
> leave the same function name for all types (as I would do in
> overloading). I can define a generic Bit_Set, but then I have to
> specialize it for uin16 and uint32 with different function names. Is
> there any way I could combine the effects of generics and overloading
> and get a single Bit_Set for all my types without writing the code N
> times ?
> 
You should give the exact specification of your generic and of your 
instantiations to get a precise answer, but here is a wild guess at what 
is happenning:

The *generic* cannot have the same name as the instantiations. However, 
different *instantiations* can have the same name, provided the 
resulting functions have different profiles. In short, call your generic 
"Generic_Bit_Set", and then you can call all instantiations "Bit_Set".

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