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From: Martin Lorentzon <emwson@emw.ericsson.se>
Subject: Re: Inheritance versus Generics
Date: 1997/04/28
Date: 1997-04-28T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <vmenbvwiv3.fsf@emw.ericsson.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 33601924.774@flash.net


Craig Smith <cdsmith0@flash.net> writes:

> Generics were a very power feature of Ada-83.  With the OO features
> introduced into Ada-95 (in particuliar, the tagged record and ability to
> inherit), are Generics obsolute?  I would guess since several features
> were added to generics (like generic formal package parameters), the
> answer is no.  Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Mastering both features can prove very powerful. Parametrization can
be used to reduce the length/complexity of the inheritance lattice of
your system. 

I've found that parametrization is often used to end an inheritance
lattice.

/Martin Lorentzson




  parent reply	other threads:[~1997-04-28  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-04-24  0:00 Inheritance versus Generics Craig Smith
1997-04-25  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25  0:00   ` Michael F Brenner
1997-04-25  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-27  0:00       ` Nick Roberts
1997-04-29  0:00         ` Michael F Brenner
1997-05-02  0:00           ` John G. Volan
1997-05-02  0:00           ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-03  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29  0:00       ` Mats Weber
1997-05-01  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-26  0:00   ` Michael Feldman
1997-04-25  0:00 ` Lionel Draghi
1997-04-25  0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-04-27  0:00   ` Matthew Heaney
1997-04-27  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-28  0:00       ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-05-03  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-03  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-03  0:00         ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-04  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-29  0:00     ` bertrand
1997-04-29  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-04-25  0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-04-25  0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-04-28  0:00 ` Martin Lorentzon [this message]
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1997-04-27  0:00 tmoran
1997-05-03  0:00 tmoran
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