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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:51:38 +0100
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On 16.02.11 09:52, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:06:45 +0100, Per Sandberg wrote:

> A possible GNAT-independent implementation:
> 
>    with Ada.Tags;
> 
>    function Name return String is
>       type Dummy is tagged limited null record;
>       Result : String  := Ada.Tags.Expanded_Name (Dummy'Tag);
>    begin
>       return Result (Result'First..Result'Last - 11);
>    end Name;
> 

This is akin to what Pragmada.Reflection does.
It uses instances of a generic, an abstract type,
and does then not rely on -11.