Re: How to get around "access type must not be outside generic unit"

[Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>]

Michael Erdmann a �crit :
> Thanks; Solution 2 works, see below :-)
> 
> Pascal Obry wrote:
>> Michael Erdmann a �crit :
>>> gnade@hal:~/test> gnatmake -c usage.adb
>>> gcc -c usage.adb
>>> usage.adb:16:28: access type must not be outside generic unit
>>> gnatmake: "usage.adb" compilation error
>>>
>>> What is the reason for this new compiler check and what can i do
>>> about it?
>> Solution 1) Declare register using an anonymous access type :
>>
>>    procedure Register
>>      (Str : in String; A : access function return Boolean);
>>
> Actually this does not work; compiler complains the anonymous types
> are not allowed here.

It works as I have tested it. You probably missed the -gnat05 compiler
option or you are using a compiler older than mine.

Pascal.

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