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From: mheaney@on2.com (Matthew Heaney)
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Subject: Re: DYNAMIC ADA TASK CREATION?
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Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote in message news:<0gpvfv49qaa0b62ab5m0kg39kka66sis8t@4ax.com>...
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 07:25:02 GMT, "Robert I. Eachus"
> <rieachus@attbi.com> wrote:
> 
> >    generic
> >      type Element is limited private;
> 
> A short question. Why not:
> 
>    type Element (<>) is limited private;
> 
> [I am using this in my containers because it is weaker than just
> limited private.]

Because the type must be definite, of course!  Otherwise, how would
you know how much space to allocate for the object?

Consider the following type (as you've declared it above):

package P is
   type T (<>) is limited private;
private
   type T is limited null record;
end P;

Here's a little puzzle: how do you declare an instance of type T?