Re: Generic child units

Stephen Leake wrote:
> Rodrigo Garc�a <rodrigo.garcia.ARROBA.epfl.ch> writes:
> 
> 
>>I need some enlightment in this area... Let us suppose that I have two
>>generic packages declared in separate files and one is the parent of
>>the other:
>>
>>generic
>>    type Elem is private;
>>package Parent is
>>    type Vector is array (Integer range <>) of Elem;
>>end Parent;
>>
>>generic
>>package Parent.Child is
>>    subtype Vector2D is Vector (1 .. 2);
>>end Parent.Child;
>>
>>How can I instantiate the child package 
> 
> 
> with Parent.Child;
> procedure Foo is
>    package Par is new Parent (Elem => Integer);
>    package Chi is new Par.Child;
> begin
> ...
> end Foo;
> 
> Note that the second instantiation is "Par.Child", not "Parent.Child".

   Thanks, that is one of the things I was doing wrong.

>>within the declarative region of the parent package (as required by
>>RM 10.1(18))?
> 
> 
> There is no RM 10.1 (18), at least in the copy I have (came with
> GNAT). And I don't understand the rest of the sentence, either. So I
> don't know what you mean here.

   Sorry, I meant RM 10.1.1 (18) as David C. Hoos has remarked. I still 
do not understand that requirement.

Rodrigo