From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d4f6f490613e0fd8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-26 10:17:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B0FE52F.8ECF7964@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: access types and head pains References: <3B0F338C.8B16CE09@acm.org> <27RP6.961$lm5.257939@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 17:17:48 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.86.204.238 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 990897468 209.86.204.238 (Sat, 26 May 2001 10:17:48 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 10:17:48 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 10:15:56 PDT (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7804 Date: 2001-05-26T17:17:48+00:00 List-Id: "chris.danx" wrote: > > a_ac is a general access type > > if av has mode "in" then how can i modify the fields of the record. surely this > would be dissallowed or does it mean you can't modify it's existance/null status > but can modify it's data? Given Av : in A_Ac you can't modify Av; within the subprogram Av is a constant. You can, however, modify the value designated by Av (Av.all); since A_Ac is not "access constant", Av.all is not a constant. -- Jeff Carter "You tiny-brained wipers of other people's bottoms!" Monty Python & the Holy Grail