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From: Stephen Leake <Stephen.Leake@gsfc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Modular type. What is it and why?
Date: 1999/04/07
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Date: 1999-04-07T00:00:00+00:00
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"Mike Silva" <mjsilva@jps.net> writes:

> Actually, the more I thought about it the more the static limitation on
> modular types makes my idea worthless.  Even if NUM_ELEMENTS is static for
> each menu, I'd want the same routine to handle multiple menus, each with a
> different NUM_ELEMENTS.  Oh well...

That's what generics are for. Unless the number of elements in a given
menu is dynamic.

-- Stephe