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From: Martin Dowie <martin@dowie-cs.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [Q] Renaming negation operator in Ada 83
Date: 1999/04/22
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same as all the other renames, the difference with the subtract operator is
there is only 1 parameter e.g.

procedure main is
  package nested is
    type an_integer is range -10 .. 10;
  end nested;

  function "-" (x : in nested.an_integer) return nested.an_integer
    renames nested."-";

  a, b : nested.an_integer;

begin
  a := 10;
  b := -a;
end main;


"." wrote:

> I can't find the answer to this in the LRM.  I'd like to rename the negation
> operator (unary -) in order to avoid a 'use' clause.  I can manage to rename
> the subtraction operator but I don't know how to do it with the negation
> operator.  Can someone tell me how it can be done, if it can be done?
>
> TIA