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From: Simon Wright <simon.j.wright@amsjv.com>
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Subject: Re: Booch: missing r/w access through iterators
Date: 06 Nov 2002 16:42:30 +0000
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porton@ex-code.com (Victor Porton) writes:

> In Booch generic package BC.Containers there are
> function Current_Item which gives read-only access
> to the current item. Why a function giving direct
> read-write access to the current item (by returning
> access to it) is missing?!

Actually Current_Item gives you a copy.

I think you are looking for

   generic
      with procedure Apply (Elem : in out Item);
   procedure Access_Current_Item (In_The_Iterator : Iterator'Class);
   --  Call Apply for the Iterator's current Item.

(on the line after Current_Item).