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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:49:27 +0200
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On 30.09.13 14:51, Robert A Duff wrote:
> However, the ".all" syntax is just plain weird.  "All what?"  It makes
> no sense to me.

I take it you are deliberately being forgetful? ;-)

All what? All [components] of the referenced object, of course.
In true Ada, an plain old object is the only kind of entity that
should ever need access through an access value!