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From: Jerry <lanceboyle@qwest.net>
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Subject: Re: GNAT 4.2.3 Ubuntu reports weird compile error wrt
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Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:03:00 -0700 (PDT)
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On Aug 16, 3:26=A0am, Ludovic Brenta <ludo...@ludovic-brenta.org> wrote:
> Without more context I cannot tell for sure but I believe this is a
> compiler error in the sense that gnat-4.2 does not implement all the
> new (and more permissive) rules in Ada 2005 regarding anonymous access
> types. gnat-3.2 implements these rules.
>
> BTW, I've mentioned already that Ubuntu 8.04 has broken support for
> Ada. Better stick to Debian.
>
> --
> Ludovic Brenta.

I can quickly get in over my head here and I'm not very familiar with
anonymous access types, but isn't 'Unchecked_Access a part of Ada 95
if not 83?

Jerry