From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS,PLING_QUERY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a24:4150:: with SMTP id x77-v6mr2009091ita.36.1523147533280; Sat, 07 Apr 2018 17:32:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:3809:: with SMTP id i9-v6mr598001otc.8.1523147532288; Sat, 07 Apr 2018 17:32:12 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!paganini.bofh.team!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!u184-v6no1092745ita.0!news-out.google.com!u64-v6ni1691itb.0!nntp.google.com!k65-v6no1081416ita.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2018 17:32:12 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=85.241.60.127; posting-account=rhqvKAoAAABpikMmPHJSZh4400BboHwT NNTP-Posting-Host: 85.241.60.127 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <115d2e72-2b30-4ec0-b42f-52e9df2905d4@googlegroups.com> Subject: no, it can't be, there's no "with procedure instance_of_generic_procedure is new generic_procedure;" ? Impossible ! From: Mehdi Saada <00120260a@gmail.com> Injection-Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2018 00:32:13 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:51395 Date: 2018-04-07T17:32:12-07:00 List-Id: I just realized one can't do that: generic with procedure instance_of_generic_procedure is new generic_procedure; ... The rules say (my compilator is in trouble, can't try): formal_subprogram_declaration ::=3D formal_concrete_subprogram_declaration | formal_abstract_subprogram_declaration formal_concrete_subprogram_declaration ::=3D=20 with subprogram_specification [is subprogram_default] [aspect_specification]; formal_abstract_subprogram_declaration ::=3D=20 with subprogram_specification is abstract [subprogram_default] [aspect_specification]; subprogram_default ::=3D default_name | <> | null default_name ::=3D name What ?? I have trouble figuring how it could have been forgotten. Any paren= thood for instances of generic compilation units, packages or subprograms, = should be possible to mention. For uniformity (or Heaven, no different)'s s= ake, also it would enable to check in particular things like: generic type Item(<>); type Item_access is access Item; with procedure Free is new Unchecked_Deallocation (Item, Item_access); package Smart_pointers ... Yes, I thought of that limitation with Jere's he= lp with https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49660425/ada-difficulties-with-= generics-incomplete-types-and-self-referencing-structure . I hope I wasn't gravely mistaken, or else I'll probably never come here aga= in because of shame...