HP Integrity NonStop J-Series - Manual (Page 31)

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Smalltalk-like Collection Classes
The Smalltalk-like collection classes of Tools.h++ give you much of the functionality of such
Smalltalk namesakes as
Bag and SortedCollection, along with some of the strengths and
weaknesses of C++. The greatest advantages of the Smalltalk-like collections are their simple
programming interface, powerful I/O abilities, and high code reuse. Their biggest disadvantages
are their relative lack of type-safety, and their relatively large object code size. Large code is
typical even when these classes are used in only small doses because of their initially high
overhead in code machinery. All objects to be used by the Smalltalk-like collection classes must
inherit from the abstract base class
RWCollectable .