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From: "Marc Enzmann" <Marc.Enzmann@web.de>
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Subject: Re: Dot notation in Ada 2005
Date: 22 May 2006 01:19:42 -0700
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Hm, somewhat familiar. Something like

   type My_Private_Class is private;
   ...
   procedure Do_Something (Argument : in out My_Private_Class);
   ...
private
   type My_Private_Class is tagged record
      ...
   end record;
   ...

can be called by
   ...
   An_Argument : My_Private_Class;
   ...
   Do_Something (An_Argument);
   ...

but not by
   ...
   An_Argument.Do_Something;

However, if My_Private_Class is not declared as private, then anything
goes....

What am I missing ???
(BTW: using gcc version 3.4.5 20050524 (prerelease) for GNAT GPL 2005
under Mac OS 10.4)