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=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.107.26.203 with SMTP id a194mr9562576ioa.22.1518452951258; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 08:29:11 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.157.113.143 with SMTP id o15mr457000otj.6.1518452950982; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 08:29:10 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!border1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!peer02.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer02.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!w142no1022682ita.0!news-out.google.com!m16ni2374itm.0!nntp.google.com!w142no1022680ita.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 08:29:10 -0800 (PST) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=82.154.189.221; posting-account=rhqvKAoAAABpikMmPHJSZh4400BboHwT NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.154.189.221 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <634e9064-33f8-42c0-9032-e630f98c89d4@googlegroups.com> Subject: troubles learning OOP: expected type "Parent.Some_Child", found type Parent'Class From: Mehdi Saada <00120260a@gmail.com> Injection-Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:29:11 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Received-Body-CRC: 2754675688 X-Received-Bytes: 2149 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:50387 Date: 2018-02-12T08:29:10-08:00 List-Id: I'm learning POO. I have trouble, indeed. Please look at this: if GET_ELEM (TOKEN_COURANT) = '(' then VALIDE; --> expected type "T_Token_Operateur" defined Found type T_TOKEN'Class The definitions: type T_TOKEN is abstract null record ; type T_Vect_Token is array (Positive range <>) of access T_Token'Class; type T_Token_Operateur is new T_Token with record L_Operateur : T_Operateur; end record; function Get_Elem (Token : in T_Token_Operateur) return T_Operateur is (Token.L_Operateur); function TOKEN_COURANT return T_TOKEN'Class is begin INDEX := INDEX + 1; return V (INDEX - 1).all; end; where V : in T_Vect_Token; What I do: I declare a T_Token'Class as a local variable. Then, according to the content of the array (V), I do things like this: when '+' | '-' | '*' | '/' => V_LOCAL(INDEX_VECT).all := TO_TOKEN(T_OPERATEUR'Value(STRING'(1 => ELEMENT))); with a different qualified expression for each sub-classes of Token.