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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: A generic list package
Date: 18 Sep 2001 20:07:39 +0100
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lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke) writes:

> * Florian Weimer wrote:
> >The getter/setter aproach permits the following:
> >
> >       +------------------+
> >       | fields specific  |
> >       | to the container |
> >       |                  |
> >       |    actual data   |
> >       .                  .
> >       :                  :
> 
> I prefer this the other way around:
> 
>         +------------------+
>         |    actual data   |
>         |                  |
>         | fields specific  |
>         | to the container |
> 
> This allows me to cast pointers ;-)

Eeww.

I hope you put representation clauses on your records, then.