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Subject: Re: begin clause in package bodies
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On Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 3:28:17 PM UTC-8, Mehdi Saada wrote:
> I am a beginner, and curious...
> How is used the "begin" clause in package bodies, usually ? Since package are libraries, I didn't think it could also behave like a procedure (or a task, since I assume it runs in parallel with the program calling it ?).
> [begin
>    handled_sequence_of_statements]
> end [[parent_unit_name.]identifier];

I call it package constructor since it is executed during package elaboration. Thus, it is used to initialize certain data such as database and so on.

Anh Vo