From: Shark8 <onewingedshark@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: array from static predicate on enumerated type
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:53:18 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <65c6df66-7ccf-4f8b-96a1-19bf394c473dn@googlegroups.com> (raw)
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On Monday, March 15, 2021 at 8:16:58 AM UTC-6, Matt Borchers wrote:
> On Friday, March 12, 2021 at 11:55:54 PM UTC-5, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> > Just don't use them with obsolete data structures. :-)
> I can't tell if you are you being facetious? If not, can you give me some reasons on why you think arrays are obsolete data structures? To me, they remain one of the basic building blocks of all programs.
They are a basic building-block, yes.
But they *AREN'T* maps, nor are they functions... despite the tendency to think of them as nails for your hammer (Array), this really isn't the case... and now that Ada has Ada.Containers.Indefinite_Ordered_Maps it really is an obsolete data-structure for mapping in most cases. (Exceptions exist for things like finite-state machines and virtual-machine instruction-sets where you're working with a uniform/near-uniform collection and/or things like embedded.)
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Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-12 20:49 array from static predicate on enumerated type Matt Borchers
2021-03-12 21:22 ` Egil H H
2021-03-12 22:16 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2021-03-12 22:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2021-03-13 2:06 ` Matt Borchers
2021-03-13 4:55 ` Randy Brukardt
2021-03-15 14:16 ` Matt Borchers
2021-03-15 17:53 ` Shark8 [this message]
2021-03-16 6:58 ` Randy Brukardt
2021-03-13 8:04 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2021-03-15 14:11 ` Matt Borchers
2021-03-15 17:48 ` Shark8
2021-03-15 20:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2021-03-16 13:27 ` Shark8
2021-03-16 14:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2021-03-17 4:05 ` Matt Borchers
2021-03-17 7:08 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2021-03-17 18:44 ` Matt Borchers
2021-03-17 19:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2021-03-18 1:30 ` Matt Borchers
2021-03-18 8:20 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2021-03-19 0:10 ` Matt Borchers
2021-03-19 8:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2021-03-18 10:15 ` Niklas Holsti
2021-03-18 10:47 ` AdaMagica
2021-03-18 11:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2021-03-19 0:34 ` Matt Borchers
2021-03-19 0:49 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2021-03-23 1:07 ` Matt Borchers
2021-03-23 3:43 ` Randy Brukardt
2021-03-22 19:09 ` Niklas Holsti
2021-03-17 15:08 ` Shark8
2021-03-17 19:08 ` Matt Borchers
2021-03-17 20:41 ` Shark8
2021-03-18 1:04 ` Matt Borchers
2021-03-18 14:25 ` Shark8
2021-03-18 23:36 ` Matt Borchers
2022-03-16 0:38 ` Thomas
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