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Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:59:07 -0400
From: "Peter C. Chapin" <pcc482719@gmail.com>
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christoph.grein@eurocopter.com wrote:

> I didn't spot it myself first, but it's easy:
> 
>>     procedure Word_Write
>>       (Stream : access Root_Stream_Type'Class; Item : in Word) is
>                                                  |
>>        Buffer    : Stream_Element_Array(0..3);
>>        Workspace : Unsigned_32 := Unsigned_32(Word);  -- ERROR HERE!
>                                                 |should be Item here.

Of course! Thanks... and sorry about consuming bandwidth for something 
so silly. Now I know why I usually suffix type names with "_Type". If I 
had called it "Word_Type" I probably would not have made the error in 
the first place. I guess that's what I get for trying to write something 
quick and dirty!

Peter