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Re: The big problem of C

From Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: The big problem of C
Date 2020-04-07 09:17 -0700
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already5chosen@yahoo.com writes:
[...]
> IMHO adding facility based on implicit pattern matching, like C++
> templates, is a bad idea. But something more explicit, along the lines
> of Ada-83 Generic packets is not against a spirit of C language. Of
> course, except that in C variant it should me made clear that generic
> packets have to be textually included and there are no requirements
> for their separate compilation.

I think you mean generic packages, not packets.  And they're not
specific to Ada 83.  They exist in later versions of the language,
and they still require explicit instantiation.  (And Ada also has
other generic program units, such as functions and procedures.)

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for Philips Healthcare
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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                Re: The big problem of C already5chosen@yahoo.com - 2020-04-07 06:13 -0700
                Re: The big problem of C Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-04-07 09:17 -0700
                Re: The big problem of C already5chosen@yahoo.com - 2020-04-07 09:44 -0700
                Re: The big problem of C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-04-07 09:07 +0200
                Re: The big problem of C Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2020-04-06 05:01 -0700
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  Re: The big problem of C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-04-05 09:25 +0200
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