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: 103376,78f8f7e576439a69 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-14 13:33:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshub2.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Heterogenous_Array_Test References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <8Wfe7.1349$Wm3.1037702@news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 20:33:08 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.7.82.199 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 997821188 24.7.82.199 (Tue, 14 Aug 2001 13:33:08 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 13:33:08 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11938 Date: 2001-08-14T20:33:08+00:00 List-Id: My understanding is that Child'(...) in Child'(Item(2).all).Child_Component := 22; means "BTW, compiler, if you're confused, Item(2).all is a Child" whereas Child(...) in Child (Item(2).all).Child_Component := 22; means "compiler, convert Item(2).all to a Child (leaving it alone if it's already one)" so Child (Item(2).all).Child_Component := 22; Item(2) := new Root; Child (Item(2).all).Child_Component := 33; -- should raise exception