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From: Martin Lorentzon <emwson@emw.ericsson.se>
Subject: Re: Inheritance versus Generics
Date: 1997/04/28
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Date: 1997-04-28T00:00:00+00:00
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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