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Robert A Duff wrote:
> "Frank J. Lhota" <NOSPAM.lhota@adarose.com> writes:
> That's not quite true, either.  Most implementations use a global heap
> by default, and never automatically reclaim memory.  If you use a
> Storage_Size clause on a local access type, then what you say is true.
> But local access types are not very useful.

You're right, I left out the Storage_Size condition.

Although local access types are very rare, I have seen code where a 
local access type is used to create a temporary structure that is used 
for the subprogram call, then conveniently goes away when the subprogram 
completes. So I wouldn't say that local access types are not very 
useful, just not very common.