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From: mheaney@on2.com (Matthew Heaney)
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Subject: Re: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
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Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote in message news:<p2vi7vs64p33mpnbsfsn43cvh72l44tm95@4ax.com>...
> 
> To inherit the type interface. For example, an array type implemented
> by a record type:
> 
>    -- This is not Ada!
>    type Unbounded_String is
>       private array (Integer range <>) of Character;
> 
> private
>    type Unbounded_String is record
>       ...
>    end record;
>    -- Definition of implemented abstract array opeartions follows


Can't you do this?

package P is

   type Unbounded_String (<>) is private;

private

   type Unbounded_String is
     array (Positive range <>) of Character;

end P;