Generics

Joshua 'Schwa' Gargus schwa at cc.gatech.edu
Sun Sep 28 00:52:49 UTC 2003


On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 01:05:13AM +0100, Phil Hudson wrote:
> Are generic/template/parameterized/typesafe collections available in
> Smalltalk? 

Yes/no/no/no :-)

All collections are generic;  you can stick elements of any type in them.
I'm not sure what template/parameterized/typesafe mean in the context of
a language like Smalltalk.  Can you give examples of where the standard
collection classes do not meet your needs?

Joshua



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