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From: Laurent Guerby <guerby@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Discrete random
Date: 10 Sep 2000 20:39:56 +0200
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Mathias Dolidon <matd@netcourrier.com> writes:

> Look at this code :
> 
> with ada.numerics;

with Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random;

> procedure ess is
> package pnh is new ada.numerics.discrete_random(positive);
> 
> ...
> 
> At compile time, GNAT answers there's no 'discrete_random' package in
> 'ada.numerics', but the reference manual specifies it. Where is the
> matter ?

GNAT is right, Discrete_Random is a child package of Ada.Numerics
so you need an explicit with clause (as opposed to a nested
package, like the ones in Ada.Text_Io, where you need the with
clause only for the container one).

-- 
Laurent Guerby <guerby@acm.org>