Limited types and generic parameters

[madmats@elma.epfl.ch (Mats Weber)]

Question on limited types and generic parameters.
Consider the following piece of Ada code:

   generic
      type T is limited private;
   package GP is

      type R is
         record
            F : T;
         end record;

   end GP;

   package P is new GP(T => INTEGER);

   X : P.R := (F => 45);  -- *
   Y : P.R := (F => 77);  -- *

   ...

   X.F := 56;
   X := Y;                -- *


   Are the *-marked assignments correct ? In other words, is P.R a limited
   type ?

   LRM 7.4.4(2) says: "... a composite type is limited if the type
   of any of its subcomponents is limited."

   In this case, there are two possible interpretations:
      - The declaration of type P.R occurs in the context of the generic
        package GP.
      - The declaration of type P.R occurs in the context of the instance P.

   According to LRM 12.3(9) "For a name that denotes a generic formal type:
   The corresponding name denotes the subtype named by the associated
   generic actual parameter (the actual subtype)." The second interpretation
   seems to be the right one, which would make the type P.R non limited.

   What do you think ? (I would like J. Goodenough to see this).


Mats Weber
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
EPFL DI LITh
1015 Lausanne
Switzerland

e-mail : madmats@elma.epfl.ch