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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,5f6322415d6639e0 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!cleanfeed4-a.proxad.net!nnrp15-2.free.fr!not-for-mail From: Samuel Tardieu Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Will the defect with formal package parameters be fixed in GNAT GPL 2009? References: <558b7171-809b-4259-8679-4b4cff9de519@b6g2000pre.googlegroups.com> <9d86256d-a0f3-4c43-82f9-98bb4641be69@s38g2000prg.googlegroups.com> <87r5zeru4p.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> <87mya2rtwe.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> <3d7a9444-6565-41a4-a3d3-49f87f8b5ae2@k19g2000prh.googlegroups.com> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:25:50 +0200 Message-ID: <873aburm1d.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:WT26wal/1UFn9nNMoPUjjmOWeDE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:6f8:37a:2::2 Organization: Guest of ProXad - France NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Apr 2009 20:26:20 MEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 91.121.19.179 X-Trace: 1240856780 news-3.free.fr 6517 91.121.19.179:49491 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5565 Date: 2009-04-27T20:26:20+02:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Eric" == Eric Hughes writes: Eric> It also compiles fine with GNU GPL 2008 and is beside the Eric> point. The original example was cut down from existing code to a Eric> minimal example. In the original, there were other named Eric> parameters along with "( others => <> )", and so eliding the Eric> "other =>" part of the syntax is not an option. That may be a bug, but if you're not willing to accept workarounds for the precise one you're describing, what is the point of asking for help? You should have included one other named parameter so that it would have been clear that the simple workaround I described cannot be applied to your situation. Sam -- Samuel Tardieu -- sam@rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/