"Peter Hend�n" <phenden@tdab.com> wrote in message
news:LUgd6.9728$Qb7.1473404@newsb.telia.net...
> I have the following:
>
> generic
>     Count : in Natural := 1;
> package Parent is
>     ...
> end Parent;
>
> generic
> package Parent.RarelyUsedOps is
>     ...
> end Parent.RarelyUsedOps;
>
> I have no problem instantiating Parent, of course, but how in the name of
Ms
> Lovelace do I instantiate the child package?

Imagine the declaration of the child generic is nested within an
*instantiation* of the parent unit, and use the instance name accordingly.
For example, if an instance of the Parent is Foo, as in:

    package Foo is new Parent;

we could say:

    package Bar is new Foo.RarelyUsedOps;

If you keep the visibility issues in mind (i.e. the child's view of the
parent's declarations) this approach will make more sense.

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