-- This file is  free  software, which  comes  along  with  SmallEiffel. This
-- software  is  distributed  in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 
-- ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-- FITNESS  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You can modify it as you want, provided
-- this header is kept unaltered, and a notification of the changes is added.
-- You  are  allowed  to  redistribute  it and sell it, alone or as a part of 
-- another product.
--          Copyright (C) 1994-98 LORIA - UHP - CRIN - INRIA - FRANCE
--            Dominique COLNET and Suzanne COLLIN - colnet@loria.fr 
--                       http://SmallEiffel.loria.fr
--
class MEMO[E]

feature 

   item: E;

   set_item(i: like item) is
      do
         item := i;
      ensure
         item = i
      end;

   clear is
         -- Reset `item' with the default value.
      local
         default_item: like item;
      do
         item := default_item;
      end;

end -- MEMO[E]