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: 103376,99f33f51845a7793 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-05 01:49:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.esat.net!lnewspeer01.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net!lnewspost00.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net!emea.uu.net!not-for-mail From: "David Crocker" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3be27344$0$227$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net> Subject: Re: 'withing' problem Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 09:54:20 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Message-ID: <3be660c1$0$237$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: andrew.imsltd.com X-Trace: 1004953793 reading.news.pipex.net 237 194.202.27.87 X-Complaints-To: abuse@uk.uu.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15793 Date: 2001-11-05T09:54:20+00:00 List-Id: It's our own library. As an example of the problem: We define a base class 'anything' from which all other classes derive (like Java's 'Object'). This base class has an abstract method 'toString' (just like Java) having a return type 'seq of char' (where 'seq' is a templated type representing a sequence). But 'seq' is, like all other classes, derived from 'anything'. So the declaration of 'anything' needs to see a forward declaration of 'seq'. David Crocker, Escher Technologies Ltd. www.eschertech.com "Simon Wright" wrote in message news:x7vitcsi70f.fsf@smaug.pushface.org... > "David Crocker" writes: > > We have exactly this problem! (though I'm surprised at your difficulty > compiling the runtime library? which library is that?) >