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From: Tucker Taft <stt@averstar.com>
Subject: Re: Subtype of limited type non-limited?
Date: 2000/03/24
Date: 2000-03-24T17:52:39+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <38DBAB67.C65A783A@averstar.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87em90iw1n.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org

Florian Weimer wrote:
> 
> The following code results in a GNAT error message:
> 
> access_discriminant.ads:21:36: access discriminants allowed
>                                only for limited types
> 
> GNAT assumes that the subtype of a limited type is non-limited (at
> least under these special circumstances).  Is this really correct?

Nope, this looks like a bug.  All subtypes and derivatives of a limited
type are limited, as are all types with a limited subcomponent.
This is sometimes summarized as "limited types are poison." ;-)

-- 
-Tucker Taft   stt@averstar.com   http://www.averstar.com/~stt/
Technical Director, Distributed IT Solutions  (www.averstar.com/tools)
AverStar (formerly Intermetrics, Inc.)   Burlington, MA  USA




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2000-03-24  0:00 Subtype of limited type non-limited? Florian Weimer
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