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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham
	autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 103376,a644fa9cd1a3869a
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-11 14:09:02 PST
Path: 
 archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!skynet.be!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!pogner.demon.co.uk!zap!not-for-mail
From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: List container strawman 1.2
Date: 11 Nov 2001 22:04:04 +0000
Organization: Pushface
Message-ID: <x7vpu6pq817.fsf@smaug.pushface.org>
References: <3BECA3B7.5020702@telepath.com> <9sjf4n$odm$1@news.huji.ac.il>
 <3mcH7.20046$xS6.32571@www.newsranger.com> <3BEDA7FD.3C10C222@acm.org>
NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost
X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98
X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1005516530 nnrp-12:28849 NO-IDENT
 pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98
X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net
NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Nov 2001 22:04:05 GMT
X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7
Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16304
Date: 2001-11-11T22:04:05+00:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org> writes:

> I'd prefer both a limited list type and a limited Element type, but
> even then the list type must be controlled. In any case, a standard
> component library must be suitable for industrial use, and
> structures that don't initialize and finalize themselves don't
> measure up.

This would be untrue in a (safety-related) environment where
finalization was regarded as far too clever to be verifiable.