Re: access on function returning a class wide type

[mheaney@on2.com (Matthew Heaney)]

alex <xela@netcourrier.com> wrote in message news:<20021119-223832-295143@foorum.com>...
> 
> with A,B;
> procedure Test is
>    Ptr : A.Fa_Ptr := B.Fa'access; -- error :  LRM:8.6(28)
> begin null;
> end Test;
> 
> The compiler is expecting a function returning a A_T'Class, ok I understand�
> But, B_T is in the A_T'Class!

Do this instead:

procedure Test is
   B_Object : aliased B_T'Class := Fa;
   Ptr : constant Fa_Ptr := B_Object'Unchecked_Access;
begin
   null;
end;