From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ee561d9d6fd47dd6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!134.158.69.22.MISMATCH!in2p3.fr!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Martin Krischik Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: What exactly is the ' operator Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 19:28:05 +0200 Organization: AdaCL Message-ID: <5065334.QLgTZcKs36@linux1.krischik.com> References: Reply-To: krischik@users.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1097087483 04 28937 IMumXb5JkTBRR-k 041006 18:31:23 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@t-online.de X-ID: biN+nOZ-ge9L8SH35HATD6Eodxrn7goLPTVtvUElt59edLnCd2RhEy User-Agent: KNode/0.8.0 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4825 Date: 2004-10-06T19:28:05+02:00 List-Id: Marius Amado Alves wrote: > matthias_k wrote: >> I can't find the specifics about the mysterious ' operator, which >> purpose seems to access certain attributes of a datatype. > > It's not an operator, and there's nothing mysterious about it. It's just > the notation for attributes. All attributes are listed on the RM. Annex K. > > If by "datatype" you mean type, note that other entities also have > attributes, e.g. objects, tasks. > >> Furthermore, can I define my own '-operations? > > No. But you can defined the value behind the tick: For X'Size use 32; -- thats bit OF corse not for all values. With Regards Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net http://www.ada.krischik.com