package scope

package scope

[Darrin]

Can any of you help on this one?  I have a generic package for link lists
and  a package for reading and displaying a group of records from a text
file.  What I have done is instantiate the linked list in my record
package and then USE'd the record package in my main procedure.  Problem
is, the main procedure won't recognize a variable of a type declared in
the generic package without using the dot notation.  This seems to be a
redundant necessity, since I am USE'ing the pakage.  Thanks for any and
all help.

Darrin

Re: package scope

[Jon S Anthony]

In article <01bb5da3.995bc000$33668acd@iris.gomontana.com> "Darrin" <darrin@gomontana.com> writes:

> Can any of you help on this one?  I have a generic package for link lists
> and  a package for reading and displaying a group of records from a text
> file.  What I have done is instantiate the linked list in my record
> package and then USE'd the record package in my main procedure.  Problem
> is, the main procedure won't recognize a variable of a type declared in
> the generic package without using the dot notation.  This seems to be a
> redundant necessity, since I am USE'ing the pakage.  Thanks for any and
> all help.

If I understand correctly, you have something like:

with List_Generic;
package Rec is
...
    package P is new List_Generic(...);
...
end Rec;

with Rec;  use Rec;
procedure Main is
...
--    have to use P.Blah to access stuff in P
--    Well, that is because you have not _use_ed
--    P!:

    use P;

    -- Now just use Blah:
    --
    Blah(...);

end Main;

/Jon
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