From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED.IIfIc3CB/+nKo+wKq8+a0g.user.gioia.aioe.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: General circular buffer example not tied to any specific type Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2020 11:34:44 +0100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: References: <6ca9747e-698f-4d60-8e23-b883da5d9f38o@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: IIfIc3CB/+nKo+wKq8+a0g.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:95G1lRNzia1WeXZPFGzHdA8lI+Q= X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.2 Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:59362 List-Id: "Jeffrey R. Carter" writes: > On 7/6/20 10:11 AM, Simon Wright wrote: >> >> Any *definite* type. I don't remember whether that would suit the >> original requirement in this thread. > > I don't think "requirement" applies. "Circular buffer of untyped > values" is at best a design decision. Trying to bypass the type system > is usually an indication of a design problem, in my experience. Yes. There would have to be some mechanism for the receiving end to decide what to do with the next lot of bytes!