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From: guerby@gnat.com (Laurent Guerby)
Subject: Re: parameterless generics?
Date: 1996/07/11
Date: 1996-07-11T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ws9afx66v7d.fsf@schonberg.cs.nyu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4s48k9$3be$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com


Brian> Does anybody have a reason to use a generic (package or
Brian> subprogram) without a parameter?  The language (Ada 83 at
Brian> least) seems to allow it, but everytime the generic is
Brian> instantiated it would produce an identical copy.  Comments?
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

   ... of the code, not of the variables:

generic 
package P is
   X : Integer;
end P;

with P;
package P1 is new P;

with P;
package P2 is new P;

   Now P1.X and P2.X are two differents variables.

-- 
Laurent Guerby <guerby@gnat.com>, Team Ada.
   "Use the Source, Luke. The Source will be with you, always (GPL)."




  parent reply	other threads:[~1996-07-11  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-07-12  0:00 parameterless generics? Brian Gilbert
1996-07-11  0:00 ` Ray Blaak
1996-07-15  0:00   ` Mark A Biggar
1996-07-11  0:00 ` Laurent Guerby [this message]
1996-07-12  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-22  0:00   ` Mats Weber
1996-07-12  0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison
1996-07-12  0:00 ` Philip Brashear
1996-07-14  0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-15  0:00 ` Chris Papademetrious
1996-07-17  0:00   ` Richard Riehle
1996-07-18  0:00 ` Martin Lorentzon
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