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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bd913e780983783a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-28 15:47:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!btnet-peer1!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news11-gui.server.ntli.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Sender: mjw@golux Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Using renaming declarations to make private subprograms visib le References: From: Matthew Woodcraft Message-ID: <878zg3vma6.fsf@chiark.greenend.org.uk> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: 28 Aug 2001 23:42:57 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.107.104.73 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news11-gui.server.ntli.net 999038560 213.107.104.73 (Tue, 28 Aug 2001 23:42:40 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 23:42:40 BST Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12536 Date: 2001-08-28T23:42:57+01:00 List-Id: "Beard, Frank" writes: > Matthew, > > Have you tried fully qualified names, such as: > > private > > type Token_Type is new Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Unbounded_String; > > function To_Token (Source : String) return Token_Type > renames Ada.Strings.Unbounded.To_Unbounded_String; > > function To_String (Source : Token_Type) return String > renames Ada.Strings.Unbounded.To_String; But Ada.String.Unbounded.To_String is a function which return an Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Unbounded_String. The function which I want to make visible is its implicitly-defined cousin, which returns a Token. -M-