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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: [Q] non-limited record and "self-pointer"
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"Georg Bauhaus" <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the answers. Still I wonder what is going on here. In Dan
> Eilers' example there is no parameter.  It is just the Controlled
> component which seems to make the compiler happy. If the "container"
> component is replaced with a component of some tagged type other
> than one derived from Controlled, the self reference is not allowed,
> according to the compiler.
>
> Am I missing something?

I don't think so. I don't think Dan Eilers example is legal; the prefix of
'Access doesn't meet any of the items in the list for 'automatic aliasing'.
But I could be wrong...

                  Randy.