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Date: 2012-07-16T19:02:39+02:00
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On 16.07.12 18:39, Keean Schupke wrote:
> type Node_Type is record 
>     Next : access all Node_Type;
>     Other : access all Node_Type;
>     Data : Data_Type;
> end record;

Just in case, it should in general be advantageous to define
a pointer type and add a null exclusion where possible.
Anonymous access types may incur a number of undesirable
effects at all stages of the software life cycle.
I'm sure you knew this.