[fpc-pascal] Re: State of fcl-stl generics lib

[Florian Klämpfl]

Am 20.01.2013 15:37, schrieb Michael Van Canneyt:
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> On Sun, 20 Jan 2013, Florian Klämpfl wrote:
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>> Am 20.01.2013 15:16, schrieb Michael Van Canneyt:
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>>> On Sun, 20 Jan 2013, Florian Klämpfl wrote:
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>>>> Am 20.01.2013 14:47, schrieb Michael Van Canneyt:
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>>>>>>> ? Why not ? I see no difference with a list or collection ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A tree is something implementation specific while the fpc-stl is only
>>>>>> about opaque data structures. E.g. the fpc-stl supports TSet: but the
>>>>>> whole implementation is hidden. The user does not/need not to know
>>>>>> how
>>>>>> the set works internally. It could be a linked list, a tree,
>>>>>> whatever.
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>>>>> For me, a tree is a data structure, just like a set, list, collection,
>>>>> queue, whatever.
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>>>> A tree is an implementation detail. For example a set could be
>>>> implemented using a tree.
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>>> I understand you the first time :-)
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>>> For me, a tree is at the same level as a set. Whatever models your data
>>> best.
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>> A set is defined by some properties and possible operations like that it
>> can contain each element only once, that it is possible to build
>> intersections, unions etc.
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> Aha... That's a mathematical definition.

It is a definition, yes.

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> So: A graph is also mathematically defined. And a tree is just a
> specialized graph.

So a number is also at the same level? It is also mathematically defined
:) So even ansi pascal has generics, it has numbers: integers and reals :)

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> Stalemate :-)