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From: Chip.Richards@p3.f18.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Chip Richards)
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Subject: Re: Generic Lists in Modula-2
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Date: 26 Aug 90 02:17:51 GMT
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Thomas,

 >   TYPE CallBackProcType = PROCEDURE (SYSTEM.ADDRESS);

Excellent idea.  Very similar to something we implemented in a compiler run-time some years ago, though ours was in assembly and not nearly as pretty!

 > The ugly thing about this solution is that SYSTEM is again used in the
 > definition module. But that's the way with genericity in MODULA-2...

Why wouldn't (VAR ARRAY OF WORD) work just as well, without being SYSTEM-dependent?

Chip


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