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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Ada.Strings.Bounded
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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:23:56 +0200
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:20:15 -0700 (PDT), Eric Hughes wrote:

> Perhaps you could explain what you want universal_integer to be.

Merely the type of a static numeric expression. Well, it isn't, a
counterexample is:

   A'Length  (ARM 3.6.2)

Universal_Integer is not necessarily Root_Integer, but somewhere close to
the root of Root_Integer'Class.

> If you can show me a Ada definition that can store a
> universal_integer, only then will I believe you that it's the kind of
> type that's just like an ordinary Ada type.

   type T is abstract private;

Can you store T?

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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