Re: What exactly is a 'record' in Ada 95?

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 14:27:32 +0200, matthias_k wrote:

> ... Is 'record' the only type modifier?

It depends on what you count under type modifiers. Very roughly Ada's "type
modifiers":

abstract - abstract type = it has no instances (values), "interface"
access - pointer
aliased - values can be referenced (can get a pointer to)
all - target values can be in any storage pool
array - true array
class - class-wide type (has polymorphic values)
delta / digits - used for real numbers to specify precision
in / in out / out - standard subtypes of subroutine parameters
limited - type which values cannot be copied
mod - used with modular numbers
new - a type clone
new...with - a type extension
null record - has no members, empty record
private - a type which implementation is hidden
protected - a type which values are concurrently used in a safe way
range - used with numeric types to specify values range 
record - has members, but not protected
tagged - a class member type (see class above), an extensible type
task - values are active objects, "threads"

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