Re: Encapsulating Ada.Direct_IO

[Adam Beneschan <adam@irvine.com>]

On Nov 17, 2:32 pm, Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
<yannick_duch...@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Le Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:44:49 +0100, Bryan <brobinson....@gmail.com> a  
> écrit:> Spec file:
> > ...
> > private
> >   package Byte_IO is new Ada.Direct_IO(Character);
> >   type File_Type is new Byte_IO.File_Type;
> > end Big5_Text_IO;
> > ======================
>
> Why did you used a “type new” ? Unless you give some reason, subtype is  
> better better here

File_Type was declared as a private type.  You cannot complete a
private type with a subtype.

                    -- Adam