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From: "Alex R. Mosteo" <devnull@mailinator.com>
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Subject: Re: Task entries and access to subprograms.
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:23:56 +0200
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Jeffrey Carter wrote:
> Alex R. Mosteo wrote:
> 
>> type AInt is access all Integer;
>> type Code is access procedure;
> 
> 
>>    entry Two (I : AInt); -- No complaint. Legal?
> 
> 
> This was legal in Ada 83, and that wasn't changed by Ada 95.
> 
>>    entry Four (C : Code); -- No complaint.
> 
> 
> There's a difference between access parameters and parameters of an 
> access type.

Yep. I just feel a bit disturbed when something with a so easy 
workaround is forbidden.

I see reading the rationale that here the prohibition is more of a 
convenience for the compiler writers than a true restriction for users.