Re: Cannot initialize entities of limited type?

[Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>]

Maciej Sobczak schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> procedure Hello is
> 
>    package P is
>       type T is limited private;
>       function Constructor return T;
>    private
>       type T is new Integer;
>    end P;
> 
>    package body P is
>       function Constructor return T is
>       begin
>          return 7;
>       end Constructor;
>    end P;
> 
>    X : P.T := P.Constructor;  -- line 17
> 
> begin
>    null;
> end Hello;
> 
> $ gnatmake hello
> gcc -c hello.adb
> hello.adb:17:16: cannot initialize entities of limited type
> gnatmake: "hello.adb" compilation error
> $
> 
> I got lost. What's wrong in the code above?

You are using a new Ada 2005 feature which your compiler may not yet 
support. Update your compiler or use:

procedure Constructor (X: in out T);

Martin