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Subject: Re: GDNative thick binding design
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On Friday, October 16, 2020 at 2:32:30 PM UTC-4, Luke A. Guest wrote:
> On 16/10/2020 19:28, Michael Hardeman wrote:=20
>=20
> > But I need some way of knowing here: https://github.com/MichaelAllenHar=
deman/gdnative_ada/blob/feature/adventure_game/examples/adventure_game/src/=
engine_hooks.adb#L28
> That's what the generic constructor wouild allow.
> > what all the types that extend that object tagged type are, and what al=
l the null methods they've chosen to override are. Kind of like the Java Cl=
ass() style introspection.=20
> >=20
> > I'm sure there must be some way of doing it better tho, with generics? =
I'm just not creative enough to see the solution atm.=20
> >
> You can't know what the null methods are. Why do you even need to know?=
=20
>=20
>=20
> I'm probably not understanding this, tbf.

Can you explain the Generic Constructor some more? I need to use it now, bu=
t I can't exactly figure it out. I found this example: https://www.adacore.=
com/gems/ada-gem-19 but I have no idea how they can use the 'Input attribut=
e as the constructor function. It doesn't match the signature requested by =
the generic at all.

I have a simple example I was trying to get working: https://ideone.com/f5b=
pr9
Do you think you could help me understand where I'm going wrong here?