From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ecfc0548c2df0d76 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-06 09:15:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out1.nntp.be!propagator2-sterling!news-in-sterling.nuthinbutnews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: MI ammunition : linked lists X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 17:15:08 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.203.197.91 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny01.gnilink.net 1068138908 151.203.197.91 (Thu, 06 Nov 2003 12:15:08 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 12:15:08 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2154 Date: 2003-11-06T17:15:08+00:00 List-Id: Even where MI is available, I would not implement linked lists this way. Do we really want the type of a node vary depending on its position on the list? Do we want to convert the type of end nodes when a new node is added, or when an end node is removed? Frankly, I just don't see this as the optimal way to implement lists.