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From: Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@mail.com>
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Subject: Re: Beginners question: Compound types, how-to?
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:14:38 +0100
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"Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> writes:

> Le Sun, 31 Oct 2010 23:36:29 +0100, Vinzent Hoefler
> <nntp-2010-10@t-domaingrabbing.de> a écrit:
>>> procedure Test_Game is
>>>    C : Character;
>>
>> Try "C : Games.RPG.Dnd.Character" here.
>>
>>> begin
>>>    C.Abilities(Str) := (Score => 10, Modifier => -1);
>>>    Put (C.Abilities(Str).Score);
>>>    put (C.Abilities(Str).Modifier);
>>> end Test_Game;
>>
> I suspect you're clashing with the predefined "Character" type here.
>
Yes, I was. Silly C experience led me to believe 'Character' was a
perfectly fine identifier.

> I suppose the compiler here is GNAT, like near to every time, but
> would be nice to confirm. Would be interesting to know if this is GNAT
> specific or  not (or else if indeed the reference manual has something
> saying one  cannot hide a declaration of package Standard).
>
Yup, this was GNAT, as currently packaged in Debian unstable.

Mart

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