RE: SIGada Conference

From: amado.alves (amado.alves_at_netcabo.pt)
Date: 12/17/03

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    "It is possible to make fancy use of generics and dispatching so that you
    can have one specification matched by different bodies....
    Interfaces allow a programmer
    to say he is doing just that, and doing it intentionally."

    Formal packages provide that.

    Anyway, I'm ok with interfaces per se. I just worry that they might push other (for me more interesting) additions off the list (e.g. container library) given the scarse revision resources.

    /* Tangent but doubly related issue: increasing the power of generics viz. towards generic parameters would be also a more interesting addition to me. I mean to be able to pass a generic unit to a (mandatorily generic) unit. I came across many situations where this would be useful. */

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