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From: Tom Moran <tmoran@bix.com>
Subject: Re: Q re static deferred constants
Date: 1997/07/19
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Tucker Taft said:
> :   type T is new Integer;
> :   x : constant T;
> : private
> :   x : constant T := 1;
>  
> : Is p.x static?  ie, can another package use p.x for a 'when' in a case
> : statement?
>  
> If the full definition of X is not visible, then X is not static.
> So inside the package body for P, and those of its children, X is static,
> but outside these places is not.
  So given
x : constant T;
y : constant T := 2;
private
x : constant T := 1;
  then y is everywhere static but x is static only in P or its children?